Alain Delon

and makeup to darken their skins, etc. in order to pass as their character’s nationality. The role of Sherif Ali, an important co-starring role, which was ultimately played by race-specific Arabian actor Omar Sharif, was originally offered to Alain Delon, a white French actor/matinee idol who turned it down because he refused to obscure his piercing blue eyes by wearing brown contact lenses. Not part of whitewashing, but certainly a dramatic liberty, is that this character was a composite of

Berluti, the time-honored Italian artisan bootmaker established by the Berluti family in 1895, was known for its savoir-faire in the art of shoemaking. Ever since the acquisition by LVMH group in 1993, this family brand has gradually been transformed from an artisanal shoe-maker into an international luxury lifestyle brand. In 2003, it successfully introduced a line of leather goods; followed by the the launch of a line of men’s ready-to-wear - one of the hottest growth areas in fashion. In 2016

Both Giuseppe De Santis’ Bitter Rice and Luchino Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers are stories of unhappy lots attempting to escape their squalid fates by fleeing their current circumstances for the greener grass on the other side. Francesca and Walter, the runaway city thieves of Bitter Rice, look for safety amidst the grueling annual rice harvest provided by the mighty river Po, while the poor Parondi family of Rocco and His Brothers seek a new life amidst the unfamiliar urban chaos of Milan. While