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A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 100/100. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic100/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
784 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernardo BertolucciDirector
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Bernardo BertolucciScreenplay
Cast
- Jean-Louis TrintignantMarcello Clerici
- Stefania SandrelliGiulia
- Gastone MoschinManganiello
- Dominique SandaAnna Quadri
- Enzo TarascioProfessor Quadri
- Fosco GiachettiThe Colonel
- José QuaglioItalo Montanari
- Yvonne SansonGiulia's Mother
- MillyMarcello's Mother
- Antonio MaestriConfessor
- Alessandro HaberDrunk Blind Man
- Luciano RossiBlind Blond
Stills
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Themes
paris, francehitmanitalyfascismchildhood traumabenito mussolinipolitical assassinationconformityanti-fascism
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