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Gino (Massimo Girotti, Senso), a drifter, arrives at a dusty trattoria in the Po Valley where he meets unhappily married Giovanna (Clara Calamai, Deep Red). Their first encounter ignites illicit passion and the pair plan to escape together with a plot to murder her husband. Adapted from James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, Luchino Visconti’s remarkable debut is a sweaty, sensual and morally ambiguous portrait of lust and desperation. Suppressed by Fascist censors, Ossessione launched a new era in Italian cinema and stands as a foundational work of neorealism.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

4K restoration by Cinecittà and CSC - Cineteca Nazionale
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Audio commentary by Italian cinema academics David Forgacs and Lesley Caldwell (2003)
A Film that Paved the Way - archival documentary on Ossessione featuring Marco Tullio Giordana, Pietro Ingrao, Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai, and Aldo Tonti (2009, 21 mins)
Interview with author and Italian cinema expert Richard Dyer (2026)
Newly improved English subtitle translation
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Booklet
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Why didn’t I see this one coming from Radiance?! I think I thought BFI still had it for some reason. Great news. Another big canonical title receiving its first English subtitled BD 20 years into the format.

Has anyone seen the 4K restoration of this?

Would have loved this one on UHD. Nice to see the old BFI DVD commentary rescued!

A needed release but I was really holding out hope that it was going to be Sandra