The story of a young man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams.
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
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3.4 / 5
Cast
Pierre Clémenti
Giacobbe I and II
Tina Aumont
Salesgirl
Sergio Tofano
Professor Petrushka
Alessandro Cane
Student
Ninetto Davoli
Student
Vittorio Fanfoni
Student
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Student
Stefano Oppedisano
Student
Salvatore Samperi
Student
Stefania Sandrelli
Clara
Crew
Bernardo Bertolucci
Director
Gianni Amico
Writer
Bernardo Bertolucci
Writer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Gianluigi Calderone
Assistant Director
Francesco Tullio Altan
Production Design
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Fabio Garriba
Continuity
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
aa
8.0★ · 01/28/26
kind of like a run-on sentence
kind of like a run-on sentence
polina
8.0★ · 02/14/25
I had only seen two Bertolucci films before, The Dreamers (2003) and The Conformist (1970). and the three films I've seen give me the idea that he lacks a distinct directing style. which isn’t bad, but I would never have realized it was a Bertolucci film because his works are so diverse. he seems to have been in a director's quest for himself throughout the entirety of his career. the film explores the misunderstanding of yourself and what you want to devote yourself to, which may be the reason for it.
and, yes, it is very Godard-ish, as said in half of the reviews. and the mix of Godard's colorful visuals and images of immature rebellious youths with the ideas of Dostoevsky's classic "The Double" about the dissolution of moral identity strikes me as rather interesting. as I read after watching, the director chose the theme of personal insolvency based on his own moral difficulty, as the way of the bourgeois household in which he grew up prevented him from accepting revolutionary views. the contradiction seemed to be conveyed even in the tone of the film's narrative. Pasolini was another of Bertolucci's favorite directors, and this film reminded me of some of his works in that it is both ironic and grim in nature. and I certainly like how this film collides the ironic and the disturbing, the funny and the hopeless. the main thing is to accept both of these sides in each of us.Pierre Clementi is probably the most interesting person who has ever lived, and no one can tell me otherwise. his choice of roles intrigues me greatly; each of them seems to resonate deeply with himself, his love for an experimental approach and social views. I adore it when roles allow you to see into an actor's soul
I had only seen two Bertolucci films before, The Dreamers (2003) and The Conformist (1970). and the three films I've seen give me the idea that he lacks a distinct directing style. which isn’t bad, but I would never have realized it was a Bertolucci film because his works are so diverse. he seems to have been in a director's quest for himself throughout the entirety of his career. the film explores the misunderstanding of yourself and what you want to devote yourself to, which may be the reason for it.
and, yes, it is very Godard-ish, as said in half of the reviews. and the mix of Godard's colorful visuals and images of immature rebellious youths with the ideas of Dostoevsky's classic "The Double" about the dissolution of moral identity strikes me as rather interesting. as I read after watching, the director chose the theme of personal insolvency based on his own moral difficulty, as the way of the bourgeois household in which he grew up prevented him from accepting revolutionary views. the contradiction seemed to be conveyed even in the tone of the film's narrative. Pasolini was another of Bertolucci's favorite directors, and this film reminded me of some of his works in that it is both ironic and grim in nature. and I certainly like how this film collides the ironic and the disturbing, the funny and the hopeless. the main thing is to accept both of these sides in each of us.Pierre Clementi is probably the most interesting person who has ever lived, and no one can tell me otherwise. his choice of roles intrigues me greatly; each of them seems to resonate deeply with himself, his love for an experimental approach and social views. I adore it when roles allow you to see into an actor's soul
