Having served as Tennessee Williams' muse for his 1951 stage play THE ROSE TATTOO, Italian actress Anna Magnani delivers a powerhouse performance of the role written specifically for her--and for which she won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Actress. Magnani stars as Serafina Delle Rose, a grieving Italian-American widow who has withdrawn from life and expects her budding teenage daughter Rosa (Marisa Pavan) to do the same. But just as Serafina's saintly devotion to her late husband's memory is shattered by the discovery of his marital infidelity, the attentions of an understanding truck driver (Burt Lancaster) promise to reawaken the widow's insular heart to the pleasures of love and life.
A Sicilian widow, living in the American south, sustains herself on rosy memories of her deceased husband. Then she discovers that he had a mistress; with her world totally shattered, she's not sure how to go on... until a handsome truck driver comes riding into town and changes everything.
Shot in VistaVision.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Adaptation
Hal Kanter: American Screenwriter/Director
Director of Photography
James Wong Howe: Legendary cinematographer
Production Designer
Hal Pereira: Production Designer
Source Writer
Tennessee Williams: American Playwright, STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Costume Designer
Edith Head: Oscar winning costume designer, THE STING
Review 1:
"...A near-classic due to Magnani's earthy, Oscar-winning performance....Marisa Pavan gives a lovely performance as Mangani's sweet daughter..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C29 04/27/2003
Review 2:
"...Anna Magnani took a richly deserved Oscar for this Tennessee Williams soaper....Marisa Pavan is also very good as Magnani's daughter..."
Source: USA Today
p.3D 06/14/1991
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