The Subversives

{{short description|1967 Italian film}} {{for|the novel sometimes known as ''The Subversive''|El filibusterismo}} {{Infobox film | name = The Subversives<br/>I sovversivi | image = The Subversives.jpg | caption = | director = Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | writer =Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | starring = | music = Giovanni Fusco | cinematography =Gianni Narzisi<br/> Giuseppe Ruzzolini | editing = Franco Brogi Taviani | producer = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1967}} | runtime = | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''I sovversivi''''' (internationally released as '''''The Subversives''''') is a 1967 Italian drama film. It is the first solo film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, without Valentino Orsini.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gian Piero Brunetta|title=Dal miracolo economico agli anni novanta|publisher=Editori Riuniti|year=1993}}</ref>

It was entered into the 32° Venice Film Festival.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cinema nuovo, Edizioni 185-196|publisher=Edizione Dedalo., 1967}}</ref>

==Plot == The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiro 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 == *Giulio Brogi: Ettore *Pier Paolo Capponi: Muzio *Lucio Dalla: Ermanno *Fabienne Fabre: Giovanna *Ferruccio De Ceresa: Ludovico *Maria Cumani Quasimodo: Ludovico's mother *José Torres: Rafael *Feodor Chaliapin * Vittorio Duse

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0062293}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Subversives}} Category:1967 films Category:1967 black-and-white films Category:Italian drama films Category:Films directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Category:Films scored by Giovanni Fusco Category:1967 Italian-language films Category:1967 Italian films Category:1967 drama films Category:Italian black-and-white films