Rocco and His Brothers (1960): Cast, Box Office & Plot

After the death of his father, Rocco Parondi [Alain Delon], one of five sons from a poor rural Italian family, leads his mother Rosaria [Katina Paxinou] and brothers Simone [Renato Salvatori], Ciro [Max Cartier], and Luca [Rocco Vidolazzi] north from Lucania to the industrial city of Milan in search of a new life. They expect to stay with Vincenzo [Spiros Focás], the eldest brother, in the Lambrate district, but Vincenzo’s fiancée Ginetta [Claudia Cardinale] and her family object to the presence of the southerners, leaving the Parondis to take shelter in an unheated basement while their fate begins to unfold. The sudden summons of pregnancy forces a rapid shift: Ginetta and Vincenzo marry, and the rest of the family must fend for themselves with grit and resilience.