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Ostia (1970)

1h 43m 1970 Italy

Two rebellious brothers, Bandiera and Rabbino, navigate life through petty crime while grappling with the scars of their strict Catholic upbringing. Their traumatic childhood includes a dark moment when they pushed their drunken father out of a window after he killed their pet sheep. When a girl becomes a victim of her father's abuse, she is taken in by the brothers. Together, they share a peaceful yet uneventful existence, marked by celibacy, until their lives take a drastic turn when they are incarcerated for theft.

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