Sam Rohdies insightful and compelling analysis of Luchino Viscontis 1960 epic of modern urban life provides reveals the film as one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian cinema. Rocco tells the story of a family of peasants uprooted from their village in southern Italy and forced to battle for existence in the industrial metropolis of Milan. Though fascinated by the social reality of modern Italy Visconti had by this time thrown off the influence of the neorealist movement. He had developed a