He was a central figure of Italy's post-neorealist genre, which tackled the problems in the years after World War II as Italy still tried to rebuild and the corruption that haunted the cities and governments. His films up until the release of Three Brothers in 1981, dealt mainly with political machinations, gangsters and intrigue.
Three Brothers, instead, deals with the death of the matriarch of the family as her three sons and her widower grieve and come to grips with their new lives. Meanwhile, they also deal with their personal lives that vary differently from the actual location (Rome, Turin, Naples) to what their lives are like (a judge presiding over a terrorist case, a religious youth counselor, a blue-collar worker attempting to keep his marriage together).
Each grieve in their own ways as they put together the pieces of how they feel about the death of their mother, each other and what they're going through on these respective islands.
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