The Voyage (1974)
De Sica' s swansong
11 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
De Sica came in blaring ( sciuscià,ladri di biciclette,Umberto D) but he did not go out the same way.

Objections to "IL viaggio" remain:first of all,it's absurd to use English when you film a story featuring Italians in ...Italy.And Burton does not look at all like an Italian.Hints at WW1 (Sarajevo) are completely pointless -unless De Sica wants to point out that Loren's death symbolizes the death of a certain bourgeoisie,which anyway is not convincing.

And however,the movie is not completely worthless, you can watch it with interest:De Sica plays the game of melodrama and follows its rules:Loren is married to Burton's brother and would not think to cheat on him a single moment.When the husband accidentally dies ,she says "My son is everything". However she loves her brother-in-law....but...-another melodrama's permanent feature- ,she becomes seriously ill ....
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