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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. Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece, adapted from the Alberto Moravia novel, boasts an authentic Art Deco look created by production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, a score by the great Georges Delerue (Contempt, Jules and Jim, and That Man From Rio) and breathtaking color cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin
Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: French, Italian
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Raro Video USA
DVD Release Date: November 25, 2014
Run Time: 111 minutes
Cast & Crew
Jean-Louis Trintignant Marcello Clerici
Dominique Sanda Anna Quadri
Pierre Clémenti Pasqualino Semirama
Stefania Sandrelli Giulia
Gastone Moschin Manganiello
Pasquale Fortunato Marcello as a child
Enzo Tarascio Prof. Quadri
Jose Quaglio Italo
Milly Marcello's mother
Yvonne Sanson Giulia's mother
Fosco Giachetti Colonel
Benedetto Benedetti Minister
Christian Alegny Raoul
Gio Vagni Luca Secretary
Giuseppe Addobbati Marcello's father
Orso Maria Guerrini
Alessandro Haber Cieco ubriaco
Antonio Maestri Priest
Luciano Rossi
Massimo Sarchielli Cieco
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Technical Credits
Bernardo Bertolucci Director, Screenwriter
Franco Arcalli Editor
Nedo Azzini Art Director, Set Decoration/Design
Giovanni Bertolucci Producer
Georges Delerue Score Composer
Maurizio Lodi-Fe Producer
Gitt Magrini Costumes/Costume Designer
Ferdinando Scarfiotti Production Designer
Vittorio Storaro Cinematographer
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