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Sandra (Italian: Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, lit. 'Glimmering stars of the Great Bear') is a 1965 drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, and Michael Craig.
Sandra: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig, Renzo Ricci. Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.
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Dec 1, 2010 · Synopsis. After a farewell party, Sandra Dawson and her American husband Andrew travel to her hometown in the province of Volterra for a homage of the locals to her father, a prominent scientist that died in the concentration camp of Auschwitz.
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A young Italian woman, along with her American husband, returns to her hometown for a ceremony honoring her late father, a Jewish scientist killed by the Nazis during the war. The sensible husband is stunned by the highly emotional nature of her family—as many family secrets come to light.
Sandra is a 1965 drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, and Michael Craig. A modern-day retelling of the Electra story, the film centers on the incestuous relationship between a young Italian woman (Cardinale) and her brother (Sorel), on her return to their ancestral home of Volterra.
“You’re jealous of phantoms,” Sandra is told, as she wanders the empty rooms of her family’s Tuscan villa. “Sandra: Of a Thousand Delights” is Luchino Visconti’s adaption of the Greek tragedy of Electra and Orestes; two siblings who plot to kill their mother, Clytemnestra.
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Sandra (1965) Sandra (1965) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis The daughter of a Jewish man killed by Nazis returns to her Italian hometown suspicious of her mother and stepfather.
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