As part of film season 'Un Mito Chiamato Brando', Videoteca Pasinetti will screen 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (USA 1951, 122’), directed by Elia Kazan; starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond.

Film in OV with Italian subtitles.

Based on the play by Tennessee Williams, this renowned drama follows troubled former schoolteacher Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister, Stella Kowalski (Kim Hunter), and her husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando), in New Orleans. Blanche's flirtatious Southern-belle presence causes problems for Stella and Stanley, who already have a volatile relationship, leading to even greater conflict in the Kowalski household.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress (V. Leigh), for Best Supporting Actor/Actress (K. Malden/K. Hunter) and for Best Production Design (1952)