The Fugitive Kind

Sidney Lumet, who adapted some of the most revered plays to the screen, takes on Tennessee Williams. Anna Magnani is a small-town shop owner who cares for her dying husband. Marlon Brando, dressed in leather, enters her shop and starts working there. The relationship between the two – though age and social status separate them – heats up. Williams wrote a dense plot populated by heroes whose hearts burst. Lumet's directing style is realistic and direct, and Magnani and Brando's performances try to contain the tension between the turbulent characters and the exact direction. Even 60 years on, The Fugitive Kind is an intense, mesmerizing, and remarkable work.