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Director: |
Bernardo Bertolucci
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Starring: |
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Dominique Sanda, Carlo Gaddi, Umberto Silvestri, Furio Pellerani, Christian Aligny, Giuseppe Addobbati, Milly, Yvonne Sanson, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti, José Quaglio, Pierre Clémenti
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Genres: |
Drama Classics, Indie-Arthouse Cinema, Thriller
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Origin: |
Italy
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Certificate: |
MA
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Languages: |
Italian,
French,
Latin
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
107 min
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In Mussolini's Italy, repressed Jean-Louis Trintignant, trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode - and murder - joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in. As the reluctant Judas motors to his personal Gethsemane (the assassination of his leftist mentor), he flashes back to a dance party for the blind; an insane asylum in a stadium' and wife Stefania Sandrelli and lover Dominique Sanda dancing the tango in a working class hall. But those are only a few of this political thriller's anthology pieces, others including Trintignant's honeymoon coupling with Sandrelli in a train compartment as the sun sets outside their window; a bimbo lolling on the desk of a fascist functionary, glimpsed in the recesses of his cavernous office; a murder victim's hands leaving bloody streaks on a limousine parked in a wintry forest.
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