Stromboli

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Aender S What a drag this film. Especially the character played by Ingrid Bergmann doesn't stop to be whiny, terrible. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/13/24 Full Review Taylor L In virtually all Italian film, the north is a sexy fun time, and the south is an arid hellscape; in Rosselini's Stromboli, it's actually trying to kill his characters. An exploration of culture clash and post-war decline told through an ill-starred melodramatic romance; Ingrid Bergman portrays Karin, a Lithuanian refugee that agrees to marry a young Italian man (Mario Vitale's Antonio) in order to escape an uncertain future in an internment camp, only to find that his life on an isolated Southern island is more provincial and brutal than she could have imagined. Her middle class background is at odds with the blue-collar fisherman of Stromboli, but beyond simple standards of living the screenplay considers ideas of cultural discord (Karin's expressive, more libertine ideas vs. the prioritization of modesty) and the role of religion as a means of finding relief or simply reinforcing the status quo. Though the film outlines Karin's suffering, it doesn't necessarily make her out to be a pure victim, but rather one side of an idealistic tug-of-war; her attempts to repaint her house, and the disgust with which she watches the tuna hunt are both her own, to the native islanders they are a traditional way of life. At least in the current version, some technical faults are apparent (particularly poor audio quality), and this seems to be an oddly weak performance from the renowned Bergman, particularly in the way she delivers her lines. It's not Rosselini's masterpiece, and may be remembered more in the context of the relationship between its director and star, but it's better than contemporary critics made it out to be. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review ashley h Stromboli is a decent film. It is about a a young woman who marries a fisherman to escape from a prison camp. Ingrid Bergman and Mario Vitale give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Roberto Rossellini did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved this film that captures Ingred Bergman in realistic dreary island setting. Her character adapts to the volcanic setting until the triumphant ending where she accepts her fate. This film is the first one that captures the real Bergman. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review andrey k What a great movie and what a great performance Ingrid Bergman delivers; I was quite astonished to see her so different from her other movies, being so arrogant, persistent, soft, defenseless and so many other characteristics which could be applied to her character, who is much disappointed when she arrives to her husband place of living, which falls short of her dream place. A half-documentary style of many scenes of this movie adds to the harshness reality of the action; the scenes of the volcano's eruption is very powerful and the ending is quite magical. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Rossellini scandalized the United States with this excellent and daring drama about an unfortunate woman stuck with small-minded people on a volcanic rock, and it hits us with powerful scenes that are hard to be forgotten, like the horrific tuna fishing and the volcano explosion. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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