The Subversives (1967)

6.4/10 93 min Drama

Overview

The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his country and help his cause; Ludovico, an ailing filmmaker who finds out that art alone is not enough; Giulia, a woman who embarks upon a lesbian affair with a former mistress of her husband; and Ermanno, a philosophy graduate who breaks up with his past.

Cast

Lucio Dalla

Ermanno

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Ludovico

Fabienne Fabre

Giovanna

Giulio Brogi

Ettore

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Ludovico's Mother

Fernando Arcangeli

(uncredited)

Pier Paolo Capponi

Muzio

Pier Giovanni Anchisi

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