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Directed by Roberto Rossellini

L’amore

1h 19m

Directed by Roberto Rossellini • 1948 • Italy

Roberto Rosselini directs Anna Magnani in two short films about love and loneliness. In the first, a woman makes a last-ditch attempt to save her relationship over the phone. In the second, a peasant woman believes she is pregnant with the son of God.

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