Violent Life

Violent Life
(Una vita violenta)
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Directed byPaolo Heusch
Brunello Rondi
Written byPier Paolo Pasolini (novel), Paolo Heusch, Brunello Rondi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Solinas
StarringFranco Citti, Enrico Maria Salerno
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byPiero Piccioni
Distributed byZebra Film
Release date
  • March 29, 1962 (1962-03-29) (Italy)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Una vita violenta (internationally released as Violent Life) is a 1961 Italian drama film by Paolo Heusch and Brunello Rondi, at his directorial debut. It is based on a novel with the same name by Pier Paolo Pasolini.[1]

The film was shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
  2. ^ Simone Pinchiorri (28 July 2008). "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Questi Fantasmi: Cinema Italiano Ritrovato (1946 – 1975)"". CinemaItaliano. Retrieved 18 April 2013.