Italian Cinema
THE CONFORMIST
Monday, January 30th
at 7:00 PM
Introduction by Philip Harwood
Members $10 | Public
$15
Bernardo Bertolucci's
masterpiece, set in Mussolini's Italy, follows a repressed man, Jean-Louis Trintignant, who joins the
Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in and purge memories of a youthful,
homosexual episode, and murder. While on his way to assassinate a political
refugee, he flashes back through numerous exaggerated, distorted scenes that
encompass the formative experiences of his life. A hugely influential film to
American cinema of the seventies, Bertolucci marries expressionism with a
strain of 70’s realism in this exploration of sex, desire, politics, and
responsibility. (Italy, 1970,
114min., In Italian with English subtitles, R | Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)

