Raro Video has dated its upcoming Blu-ray release of Paolo Heusch and Brunello Rondi's
Una vita violenta a.k.a.
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. The release will be available for purchase on January 31.
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.