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Set in 1930s Italy, The Conformist centers on a mid-level Fascist functionary (Trintignant) who is ordered to assassinate his former professor, an antifascist dissident in Paris. His mission is complicated after he begins an affair with the professor's wife (Sanda).
- $750,000
- Georges Delerue
- Maurizio Lodi-Fe
Mar 21, 1971 · 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.
- (33K)
- Drama
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- 1971-03-21
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.
- (60)
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- R
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
Dec 3, 2018 · The Conformist is a 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci that explores the moral and psychological descent of a fascist assassin who joins the party for his own convenience and comfort. The film uses cinematic techniques to depict the character's self-deception, irony, and terror, and to critique the political and social forces that allow fascism to flourish.
- Aja Romano
Feb 22, 2012 · John Patterson. Wed 22 Feb 2012 07.34 EST. Bernardo Bertolucci's expressionist masterpiece of 1970, The Conformist, is the movie that plugs postwar Italian cinema firmly and directly into the...
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