The Conformist
A dazzling movie.
A dazzling movie.
Drama
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1971
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A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
29 Jan 1971
Country:
DE, FR, IT
Languages:
Chinese, French, Italian, Latin
Budget:
$750,000
Revenue:
$233,493
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The unsettling blend of images and ideas in this movie cannot satisfactorily be disentangled or decoded, and it's the very strangeness of Bertolucci's masterpiece that has made it so influential in cinema history.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
29 Aug 2014
fresh:
Bertolucci's boldest and most expressive film ...
– Calum Marsh,
Village Voice,
26 Aug 2014
fresh:
The Conformist is celebrated for cinematographer Vittorio Storaro's tumbling autumn leaves, but its emotional impact involves a tumbling soul.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
15 Dec 2010
fresh:
Ravishing to the eye but less than fully satisfying to the mind.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
7 Dec 2007
fresh:
The movie is pure magic as story, as drama, as photography, as conviction, as everything except its ideas.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
7 Sep 2006