Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
Composer
Georges Delerue
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin
115'
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1970
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Italian, Latin, French, Chinese
One of Bertolucci's best films, The Conformist makes a provocative connection between
repressed sexual desires and fascist politics. It's an intriguing study of the twisted Italian character of the 1930s. Plagued by the memory of a traumatic sexual experience during child hood and desperate to demonstrate his "normalcy," Marcello Clerici marries the dull, pe tit-bourgeois Giulia. He later joins the Italian Fascist movement, accepting an assignment to travel to Paris and help assassinate Prof. Quadri, his former mentor. Before the assassination, Clerici becomes attracted to Anna, the professor's seductive, bisexual wife, though she herself is actually more interested in Giulia. (CineBooks' Motion Picture Guide)
repressed sexual desires and fascist politics. It's an intriguing study of the twisted Italian character of the 1930s. Plagued by the memory of a traumatic sexual experience during child hood and desperate to demonstrate his "normalcy," Marcello Clerici marries the dull, pe tit-bourgeois Giulia. He later joins the Italian Fascist movement, accepting an assignment to travel to Paris and help assassinate Prof. Quadri, his former mentor. Before the assassination, Clerici becomes attracted to Anna, the professor's seductive, bisexual wife, though she herself is actually more interested in Giulia. (CineBooks' Motion Picture Guide)
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Credits
Directors
Bernardo Bertolucci
Composers
Georges Delerue
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin
Scenario
Bernardo Bertolucci, Alberto Moravia
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Dialogue
Italian, Latin, French, Chinese
Countries of production
Italy, France, West Germany
Screenplay based on
Alberto Moravia
Year
1970
Filmography
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Death of a Pig (short, 1956), The Cable (short, 1956), The Grim Reaper (1962), Before the Revolution (1964), Il canale (short, 1966), Partner (1968), Amore e rabbia (1969), The Conformist (1970), The Spider's Stratagem (1970), La salute รจ malata (short, 1971), Last Tango in Paris (1972), 1900 (1976), Luna (1979), Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984), The Last Emperor (1987), 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989), The Sheltering Sky (1990), Little Buddha (1993), Stealing Beauty (1996), Besieged (1998), Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002), The Dreamers (2003), Me and You (2012), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)