Viaggio in Italia, 1954

Roberto Rossellini


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Review:  http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpag ? llini.html

Voyage in Italy opens to a shot of a reserved British couple, Alex (George Sanders) and Katherine Joyce (Ingrid Bergman) traveling in silence down a long, empty, narrow road on the Italian countryside. They are awaiting the sale of an inherited villa in Naples, and have decided to seize the occasion and spend undivided time together by touring the regional attractions. But away from the structure and familiarity of their comfortable life in London, the trip begins to expose the tedium and strain of their relationship. As Alex's demeanor turns from complacent boredom to outward hostility towards the unfamiliar customs of a foreign land, it is evident that he indirectly lashes out at Katherine's misguided, romantic ideas that led them to their lonely, uncomfortable journey. One day, Katherine melancholically recounts the story of a former suitor who became gravely ill after risking his health in order to see her (a thematic reference to James Joyce's The Dead), but Alex remains unmoved by the incident, and dismisses the folly of the young man's actions. As an emotional defense, Katherine withdraws from Alex, wounded by his disaffection for her tale of lost, unrequited love. When Alex shows disinterest in Katherine's touring plans, the two agree to make independent plans during their remaining days in Naples. As Alex joins a company of idle British tourists in Capri, Katherine occupies herself by visiting natural wonders, and symbolically, finds a reflection of her own surfacing emotional conflict over her eroding marriage.

Roberto Rossellini creates a graceful, understated portrait on the dissolution of marriage in Voyage in Italy. A stylistic influence on the bleak industrial landscapes of Michelangelo Antonioni, Rossellini introduces the environment as a relevant, dynamic character in the lives of a married couple in crisis, and provides a visual metaphor for suppressed emotions. The echo of the Greek fortress caves and the ionization of the craters near Vesuvius become literal reflections of Katherine's physical actions. Moreover, the contained eruption just beneath the surface of "small Vesuvius", the catacombs of a village church, and the uncovered casts of human bodies at Pompeii further represent Katherine's inner turmoil and marital disillusionment. The final scene shows Katherine figuratively swept away by an environmental tide of emotional abandonment. It is in this confusion that they find themselves desperately searching for each other - hopelessly lost and unable to be together - and realize their own incompleteness and mutual need. It is a resigned reconciliation


Cast:

    Ingrid Bergman    ...     Katherine Joyce
    George Sanders    ...     Alexander 'Alex' Joyce
    Maria Mauban    ...     Marie (as Marie Mauban)
    Anna Proclemer    ...     La prostituta
    Paul Muller    ...     Paul Dupont
    Anthony La Penna    ...     Tony Burton (as Leslie Daniels)
    Natalia Ray    ...     Natalie Burton (as Natalia Rai)
    Jackie Frost    ...     Betty




Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Source: BFI dvd
Ripper: raydel


IMDB:  http://imdb.com/title/tt0046511/

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