| The Subversives I sovversivi | |
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| Directed by | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
| Written by | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
| Cinematography | Gianni Narzisi Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Franco Brogi Taviani |
| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
I sovversivi (internationally released as The Subversives) is a 1967 Italian drama film. It is the first solo film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, without Valentino Orsini.[1]
It was entered into the 32° Venice Film Festival.[2]
The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiro 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.
