The Subversives

Overview

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.

Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Top cast

Lucio Dalla

Ermanno

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Ludovico

Fabienne Fabre

Giovanna

M

Marija Tocinoski

Giulia

Giulio Brogi

Ettore

L

Lidija Juracik

Paola

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Ludovico's Mother

B

Barbara Pilavin

Ermanno's Mother

R

Raffaele Triggia

Ermanno's Father

Fernando Arcangeli

(uncredited)

Pier Paolo Capponi

Muzio

Pier Giovanni Anchisi

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