Independent distributors Raro Video U.S. have confirmed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Paolo Heusch and Brunello Rondi's
Una vita violenta a.k.a.
Violent Life (1962), starring Franco Citti (
Accattone), Serena Vergano (
Justine de Sade), Enrico Maria Salerno (
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage), and Angelo Maria Santiamantini. The release is expected to arrive on the U.S. market later this year.
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini (
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom,
Theorem). A young thug develops a social conscience during a spell in hospital, but after it motivates him to rescue a prostitute from drowning, he contracts tuberculosis which kills him.