While visiting Naples to close the estate of a deceased relative, two middle-aged sophisticates are forced to acknowledge the tenuous condition of their marriage. Roberto Rossellini moved his camera outside of the studio and into natural light, using documentary techniques to turn the rubble-strewn, post-war Italian landscape into objects of contemplation and reverence. (See Abbas Kiarostami’s recent and equally brilliant Certified Copy for a thoughtful and inventive homage to Viaggio in Italia.) – Darren Hughes (2013)
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2013 Top 25 Films on Marriage — #1