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Senso
ITALY · 1954

Senso

Luchino Visconti
forbidden love wartime betrayal class and privilege self-destruction patriotism vs. passion
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Synopsis

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

This Film Influenced

→ The Age of Innocence (1993)

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