SANDRA (1965)

This is the Luchino Visconti film SANDRA (OF A THOUSAND DELIGHTS), starring Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel and Michael Craig. A 1965 Italian release, SANDRA features Cardinale as a woman returning to her ancestral home in Volterra, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy. There, on the eve of a ceremony commemorating the death of her Jewish father, she revives an intimate involvement with her brother (Sorel), which troubles her American husband (Craig). The cast also includes French actress Marie Bell as Sandra's disturbed mother.

The movie was released as "Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa" in Italy, and as "Of a Thousand Delights" in the UK. The Italian title is taken from the poem "Le ricordanze" by Leopardi, and can be translated into English as "Glimmering stars of the Great Bear", or more colloquially as "Of a thousand delights". A Franco Cristaldi production, SANDRA won the Golden Lion (Grand Prize) at the 1965 Venice Film Festival. It was written by Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Enrico Medioli and Visconti, from their original story. Armando Nannuzzi was the director of photography.

SANDRA is available on both an Italian region 2 DVD from Sony, and a Japanese region 2 disc from Kinokuniya. The Sony DVD, though remastered, is cropped to 1.33:1 and pan-and-scanned. The disc does feature an English language dub, as well as the original Italian soundtrack with English subtitles.

In Italian with English subtitles.

SANDRA (1965) English language scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez4gmmcWAM4&feature=plcp
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http://youtu.be/sF_l-EpM1Fk