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''Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa'' is a 1965 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti. It was released as ''Sandra (Of a Thousand Delights)'' in the USA and as ''Of These Thousand Pleasures'' in the UK. ==Plot== Visconti's retelling of the Electra story starts with Sandra/Electra (Claudia Cardinale) returning to her ancestral home in Italy - and reviving an intimate involvement with her brother (Sorel) which troubles her naive husband (Michael Craig) - on the eve of an official ceremony commemorating the death of her Jewish father in a Nazi concentration camp. As ever with Visconti, he is ambivalently drawn to the decadent society he is ostensibly criticising; and Armando Nannuzzi's camera lovingly caresses the creaking old mansion, set in a landscape of crumbling ruins, where the incestuous siblings determine to wreak revenge on the mother (Bell) and stepfather (Ricci) who supposedly denounced their father. The title, culled from the poem "Le ricordanze"〔Leopardi's poem full text at (); English translation at (Google Books )〕 by Giacomo Leopardi, could be translated as 'Glimmering stars of the Great Bear', and has a strong resonance with the movie's plot: : ''Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, io non credea : ''Tornare ancor per uso a contemplarvi : ''Sul paterno giardino scintillanti, : ''E ragionar con voi dalle finestre : ''Di questo albergo ove abitai fanciullo, : ''E delle gioie mie vidi la fine.''(...) English translation: : ''Glimmering stars of the Great Bear, : ''I never thought I'd be back to see you : ''Shining down on my father's garden, : ''Nor talk to you ever again from the windows : ''Of this house where I spent my childhood : ''And saw the last of my happiness vanish.''(...) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandra (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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