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Il Conformista - English subtitled

Classic by Bernardo Bertolucci (Novecento) about a completely unremarkable man who indulges in fascism in 1930s Italy.

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Italy, 1930s. Marcello is haunted by the death of a homosexual who he thinks he has killed. His need to conform himself to the majority pushes him to join the fascists and to marry Giulia, a bourgeoise who perfectly represents his social ideals. He will find himself as an accomplice in the assassination of Luca Quadri, his former college philosophy professor, an intellectual opponent of Mussolini who has taken refuge abroad. Based on a novel by Alberto Moravia.

Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy, France, Germany, 1970, 113 min. Italian spoken, English subtitles. With Jean-Lous Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti.