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Giuseppe De Santis

Highest Rated: 100% Obsession (1943)

Lowest Rated: 100% Obsession (1943)

Birthday: Feb 11, 1917

Birthplace: Fondi, Lazio, Italy

Film critic and early advocate of Italian Neorealism who turned to directing after co-writing several films, notably Luchino Visconti's first feature "Ossessione" (1942). "Bitter Rice" (1949) remains De Santis' best known work, a somber but sexy study of female rice pickers in the Po Valley starring Silvana Mangano.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 84% Obsession Watchlist 100% 81% Bitter Rice Watchlist The Year Long Road Watchlist Outcry Watchlist 100% Rome 11:00 Watchlist Attack and Retreat Watchlist No Peace Under the Olive Trees Watchlist The Tragic Pursuit Watchlist Days of Love Watchlist

Filmography

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Attack and Retreat 1965 Director The Year Long Road 1958 Director, Screenwriter Days of Love 1954 Director, Screenwriter Rome 11:00 100% 1952 Director, Screenwriter No Peace Under the Olive Trees 1951 Director, Screenwriter Bitter Rice 100% 81% 1949 Director, Screenwriter The Tragic Pursuit 1947 Director, Screenwriter Outcry 1946 Screenwriter Obsession 100% 84% 1943 Screenwriter
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