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Ossessione

Gino (Massimo Girotti, Senso), a drifter, arrives at a dusty trattoria in the Po Valley where he meets unhappily married Giovanna (Clara Calamai, Deep Red). Their first encounter ignites illicit passion and the pair plan to escape together with a plot to murder her husband. Adapted from James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, Luchino Visconti’s remarkable debut is a sweaty, sensual and morally ambiguous portrait of lust and desperation. Suppressed by Fascist censors, Ossessione launched a new era in Italian cinema and stands as a foundational work of neorealism. 

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration by Cinecittà and CSC - Cineteca Nazionale
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Audio commentary by Italian cinema academics David Forgacs and Lesley Caldwell (2003)
• A Film that Paved the Way - archival documentary on Ossessione featuring Marco Tullio Giordana, Pietro Ingrao, Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai, and Aldo Tonti  (2009, 21 mins)
• Interview with author and Italian cinema expert Richard Dyer (2026)
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Booklet
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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Year: 1943
Country: Italy
Cert: PG
Format: Blu-ray
Region: B
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EAN: 5060974683796
Release date: 07/12/26

Press:

“A work that was ahead of its time in many respects—witness the boldness of the subject matter and the importance accorded to the social (and, let us be frank, class) setting—but above all, one that is strikingly modern in its expressive power and stylistic choices, through which Visconti vividly portrays the squalid, hopeless world of those attempting to escape poverty." - Paolo Mereghetti