THE CONFORMIST - Sunday Schmooze

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Mon, Jan 30, 2023 7:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Sun, Nov 30 10:00 AM

Description

Sunday Schmooze
Bernardo Bertuolucci's THE CONFORMIST
Sunday, November 30th bagels at 10 AM Film at 11 AM
Hosted by Film Critic Michael Atkinson

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)

Still from THE CONFORMIST (1970)

Film poster for THE CONFORMIST (1970)