The Conformist
THE CONFORMIST (IL
CONFORMISTA)Â (18)
D:Â Bernardo Bertolucci
Mars/Marianne/Maran (Maurizio
Lodi-Fe)
Italy/France/West Germany 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪
1970
111 mins
Drama/Thriller/Political
W: Bernardo Bertolucci [based on
the novel by Alberto Moravia]
DP:Â Vittorio Storaro
Ed: Franco Arcalli
Mus: Georges Delerue
Jean-Louis Trintignant (Marcello
Clerici), Stefania Sandrelli (Giulia), Gastone Moschin (Manganiello), Enzo Taroscio (Professor Quadri), Dominique Sanda (Anna Quadri), Pierre Clementi (Lino Semirama)
Plagued by the memory of a traumatic homosexual
experience during his childhood, a sexually inhibited young man tries to conform to the changing face of fascist Italy under Mussolini's regime, but finds himself out of his depth
when he becomes an informant.
This multi-layered, psychologically confusing
drama from Bernardo Bertolucci makes a provocative connection between repressed sexual desires and political views, addressing the duality of sexual and political
conflicts.Â
The heavy-going narrative won't be easily digested
by everyone, since there is a lot to mull over in your mind, but it's a wonderfully crafted piece of work with the period marvellously captured by cinematographer Vittorio
Storaro.
8/10
