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Sandra
Sandra
7.3
/10
532 Ratings

SANDRA

Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...

Directed by Luchino Visconti
Italy, 1965
Drama, Mystery

Synopsis

A young Italian woman, along with her American husband, returns to her hometown for a ceremony honoring her late father, a Jewish scientist killed by the Nazis during the war. The sensible husband is stunned by the highly emotional nature of her family—as many family secrets come to light.

Synopsis

A young Italian woman, along with her American husband, returns to her hometown for a ceremony honoring her late father, a Jewish scientist killed by the Nazis during the war. The sensible husband is stunned by the highly emotional nature of her family—as many family secrets come to light.

Our take

Starring Claudia Cardinale at the height of her fame, Luchino Visconti’s tenebrous melodrama took the Golden Lion at Venice in 1965. Aristocratic pretension crumbles under unbridled passion in this third collaboration between the actor and auteur, an inspired reinvention of the Electra myth.