WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD AND SHAMEFULLY DENIGRATED AT THE TIME OF ITS ORIGINAL RELEASE, BUT NOW RECOGNISED AS NOT SIMPLY ONE OF ROSSELINI'S GREATEST FILMS BUT AS ONE OF THE KEY WORKS OF MODERN CINEMA, JOURNEY TO ITALY IS A DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE PIECE. THERE IS LITTLE PLOT TO SPEAK OF: A MARRIAGE (THE HUSBAND IS PLAYED BY GEORGE SANDERS AND THE WIFE INGRID BERGMAN) IS BREAKING UP UNDER THE STRAINS OF A TR...IP TO ITALY, AND WE WATCH. BUT IN ITS DELIBERATE REJECTION OF MANY ASPECTS OF "CLASSIC" HOLLYWOOD NARRATIVE AND ITS STUBBORN PURSUIT OF A QUITE DIFFERENT AESTHETIC, ITS MEANDERING STORY LINE CREATES SPACE FOR IDEAS AND TIME FOR REFLECTION...