Obsession
1943 · Movie · 140 min · ★ 7.5 · 95% critics
A wandering drifter stops at a roadside inn and is drawn into a passionate affair with the unhappy wife of the owner. As desire turns into a dangerous plan to escape her marriage, everyday pressures, suspicion, and gnawing remorse begin to tighten around them, testing what they’re willing to live with afterward.
Based on The Postman Always Rings Twice
Also known as Obsesia
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Details
- Original title
- Ossessione
- Years
- 1943
- Release date
- 1944-04-08
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (269 votes)
About
If you like gritty, adult dramas about desire, crime, and consequences with a heavy, despairing mood, this may click, especially if you’ve seen Bitter Rice; Not for you if you want brisk pacing, upbeat romance, or tidy thrills.
Pros: intense, erotic drama; strong performances; gripping moral tension | Cons: overlong runtime; repetitive stretches; uneven believability
Themes
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- italian
- gas station
- italy
- innkeeper
- murder
- mechanic
- drifter
- older husband
- crime of passion
- neo realism
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Clara Calamai
as Giovanna Bragana
Massimo Girotti
as Gino Costa
Dhia Cristiani
as Anita
- EM
Elio Marcuzzo
as The Spaniard
Vittorio Duse
as Police Officer
- MR
Michele Riccardini
as Don Remigio
Juan de Landa
as Giuseppe Bragana
- MS
Michele Sakara
as Il Bambino (uncredited)
Directed by Luchino Visconti