Anna Magnani gives an explosive performance as a simple working-class woman who earns extra money as a "nurse," giving cut-rate injections to local hypochondriacs. She enters her daughter in a Cinecitta talent competition which seems to offer a chance to solve all of her problems. Ambition becomes obsession, and obsession becomes tragedy, as the mother is conned and the daughter exploited. "A powerful, lyrical neorealist classic" (Leonard Maltin). In Italian with English subtitles.

Luchino Visconti---Italy---1951---111 mins.

• E1
• Release Date: 03/13/2012