The Subversives

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.

Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Cast: Lucio Dalla, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Fabienne Fabre, Marija Tocinoski, Giulio Brogi, Lidija Juracik, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Barbara Pilavin

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.