Rossellini's History Films

After the neorealist Open City and his notorious films (and affair) with Ingrid Bergman, Roberto Rossellini turned to cinematic history lessons. A new Criterion set collects three of these documents: on the Medici, Blaise Pascal and René Descartes. Austere and illuminating.

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