Visconti, a communist aristocrat, used the film to address —the socio-economic disparity between Italy's agrarian South and industrial North.
: Boxing serves as a crucial narrative vehicle, representing the physical and spiritual struggle of southern migrants trying to "fight" for survival in a hostile metropolis. Social and Political Context Rocco e i suoi fratelli
The film follows the Parondi family—a widow and her five sons—as they migrate from the impoverished rural south (Basilicata) to the booming industrial north of Milan. Visconti, a communist aristocrat, used the film to