Three Brothers (1981 film)

Three Brothers
Film poster
Directed byFrancesco Rosi
Written byTonino Guerra
Francesco Rosi
Produced byGiorgio Nocella
Antonio Macrì
StarringPhilippe Noiret
Michele Placido
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byPino Daniele
Piero Piccioni
Release date
  • 15 May 1981 (1981-05-15) (France)
Running time
113 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

Three Brothers (Italian: Tre fratelli) is a 1981 Italian film based on a work by Russian author Andrei Platonov. It was directed by Francesco Rosi and stars Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Michele Placido and Charles Vanel.

The film won the Boston Society of Film Critics award for Best Foreign Film, and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director and Actor. It received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] It was screened out of competition at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Three Brothers". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.