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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Lucio DallaErmanno
Ferruccio De CeresaLudovico
Fabienne FabreGiovanna
Giulio BrogiEttore
Maria Cumani QuasimodoLudovico's Mother
Fernando Arcangeli(uncredited)
Pier Paolo CapponiMuzio
Pier Giovanni AnchisiExplore the crew
- Director
- Paolo Taviani
- Writer
- Paolo Taviani
- Writer
- Vittorio Taviani
- Director
- Vittorio Taviani
- Editor
- Franco Brogi Taviani
- Director of Photography
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Director of Photography
- Giovanni Narzisi
- Original Music Composer
- Giovanni Fusco
- Producer
- Giuliani G. De Negri