Jean-Louis Trintignant
Marcello
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Jun 29, 2019 · Summary: Set in 1930s Fascist Italy, Il Conformista tells the story of Marcello Clerici’s desire for conformity. Sexually repressed Marcello is tormented by the memory of a homosexual encounter during his childhood with his family’s chauffeur Lino, whom he believes he killed after Lino attempted to seduce him.
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Summaries. A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident. This story opens in 1938 in Rome, where Marcello has just taken a job working for Mussollini and is courting a beautiful young woman who will make him even more of a conformist. Marcello is ...
The Conformist is an attempt to trace the origins of the impulse toward Fascism in an individual mind. The novel portrays the life of Marcello Clerici from his childhood in the home of wealthy...
"The Conformist" is a powerful and introspective novel that challenges readers to question the nature of conformity and its impact on individual identity. Moravia's exploration of Marcello's inner turmoil and the external pressures he faces offers profound insights into the human psyche.
The Conformist is Bernardo Bertolucci's takedown of political ideology through its central character. Marcello Clerici is a lost soul in 1930's Italy, buying into fascism through a lust for conformity and an attempt to escape from the perceived shortcomings of his life.
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Jan 17, 2018 · The most thought-provoking critique of the Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist was by Pauline Kael in the March 27, 1971 issue of The New Yorker. While she declined to call it a “great movie,” she nonetheless declared it a “sumptuous, emotionally charged experience.”
The Conformist: Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio. A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
