Bernardo Bertolucci's 1970 adaptation of Alberto Moravia's
novel The Conformist is one of the director's most celebrated
films. Set in Mussolini-era Italy, the film stars
Jean-Louis Trintignant as a repressed gay man who joins the fascists
and embarks on a plot to assassinate his former college professor.
Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti, José
Quaglio, Dominique Sanda
and Pierre Clémenti also star.
The Conformist has been newly restored in 4K by Kino Lorber
and will open at New York's Film Forum on January 6th, 2023. A UK/ROI
release has yet to be announced.
Check out the new trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
In Mussolini’s Italy, repressed Jean-Louis Trintignant, trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode – and murder – joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in, flashing back to a dance party for the blind; an insane asylum in a stadium; and wife Stefania Sandrelli and lover Dominique Sanda dancing the tango in a working-class hall – just some of the many anthology highlights of Bertolucci’s masterpiece and first international hit.
