FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Bernardo Bertolucci - The Conformist

I know that many hate Bertolucci - but once you've seen The Conformist, you start a new life!

Here comes the revolution of political drama par excellence! The first great film by Bernardo Bertolucci boldly elevates the visual, the stylistic will over the content. Yet The Conformist is also a fascinating character study with one of the most enigmatic cinema characters I know! His name is Marcello and he is played by Jean-Louis Trintignant (dubbed into Italian). We get to know Marcello while he is preparing an assassination attempt on his old professor. He works undercover in the underground for the fascists - but will go through many turns in his life. He is also about to marry Guilia (Stefania Sandrelli), a rich but naive woman. She knows nothing of what Marcello is preparing politically. Basically Marcello hates women. He struggles with a sexual childhood trauma and since then lives impaired in his relationships with women. The trauma is said to have serious consequences for Marcello's political actions and he is threatening to disintegrate psychologically. And now imagine this in artfully framed photographs: The drama is underscored by a rich sunset, the night is bathed in a spooky blue Who would object that fascism here is merely a splash of colour in this work of art? For years I tried unsuccessfully to get a DVD with English subtitles. Then, finally, Raro Videos released the present version. I bought three DVDs for the shop! Additionally, you can enjoy the film for free - with English subtitles - on YouTube. Get your own picture of Bertolucci's greatest film! At that time he was at the beginning of his career and offered the Italian cinema of the late 60s something like a new beginning. Later he emphasized more and more the sexual obsessions and forgot about the political foundation. But that's another story...