Atheist from wealthy yet hung-up family tries to build up a conventional life in Italy between the two World Wars. Political drama by Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.
Marcello works for the secret service of the Italian fascists between the two World Wars. Burdened with childhood memories of a wealthy yet hung-up family and a homosexual experience, he tries to build up a conventional life. Under the guise of a honeymoon, he and his wife leave for Paris to assassinate his former professor on account of his anti-fascist views. Based on a novel by Alberto Moravia. One of the ten films selected by Guest of the Year Frans van Gestel.
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