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Venice, 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation, a performance of Il Trovatore ends up in confusion due to an anti-Austrian demonstration, organised by Count Ussoni.
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| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNot usually seen as one of the cinema's great romantics, Visconti with "Senso" made a film that both celebrated and mocked the very idea of romantic love, and the film remains resolutely itself after all these years. |
| Time OutTony RaynsLike other Visconti melodramas, [Senso is] sumptuous in its Technicolor expressionism. |
| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostLavishly styled historical drama, which opens with one of the most electrifying protest scenes in film history. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSenso is lush, broadly emotional and beautifully photographed. |
| VarietyVariety StaffSenso is an elegant, expensively-produced, period love story, set back in the Italian 1860s, and a stylist delight. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzTranslates as sumptuous, hollow, overlong and dull. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyVisconti's lush period piece, shot in color, marks his transition from neo-realism to grand operatic spectacles. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe culmination of Visconti's work, the perfect collision of style, themes and look, and perhaps his greatest film. |
| Radio TimesAdrian TurnerAs usual with Visconti, there is a welter of baroque effects and an acute sense of history. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongAs a chronicle of doomed love, the story gains quite a bit of steam as it bulldozes towards its tragic ending. |