Storyline

Living in an Italian refugee camp in 1948, the beautiful Karin meets Antonio, a resident of the men's camp. Though not in love with him, Karin marries him and they soon head for his home village, Stromboli. The village is on a remote island at the foot of an active volcano. When they arrive Karin despairs of the barren land and the absence of people, as many have left, mostly for the United States. She doesn't speak the local dialect and is treated with disdain by locals who see her as an exotic foreigner and a loose woman. After Antonio beats her and locks her in their house, she sets off across the mountains to seek her freedom and a better future.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords

mediterranean sea, volcano, island, year 1948, sewing machine, church, priest, money, singing, bible quote, italy, barbed wire fence, marriage of convenience, place name in title, small community, sea, location in title, one word title, title spoken by character, mysticism

Short Review

Far from disguising or downplaying the production's methods and realities, Rossellini puts them into the foreground and builds upon them the movie's grand emotional world-and his grand social and spiritual vision.

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