The material on which it is based is in with the course handout. Be sure you answer the questions below before doing any of the quizzes on Italian films. You may want to print out the answer sheet and questions before you watch the film. Nowadays people watch videos everywhere. There are foreign films for all tastes.
Life is shown as pointless.
De Sica and Rossellini 5. Pasolini was murdered in 1975 - it was a big scandal. Italian film making boomed and films made in Italy, backed by Hollywood money, with actors from several countries became very big in the 1950s and 60s. A film made in Sicily in the 1960s has come to be regarded as a classic. This film is based on a novel that has become a classic too, since it was published in the 1950s.