Movie: Nov 17 – The Conformist
November 17 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The United Theatre and the Dante Society of Westerly present a screening of The Conformist.
This 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci film is listed in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian Films to be saved.
Based on the 1951 novel by Alberto Moravia, the IMDB movie description is: A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
- The movie premiered in 1970 in Berlin, had a limited release in the US starting in late 1970, then a limited release in Italy starting in 1971. It was released on DVD in the US in 2006.
- The movie is rated R. It was nominated for the 1972 Academy Award as Best Writing, “Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium”
- The original release is in Italian with English subtitles
- The movie runs just under 2 hrs
- Details and trailers can be found here on IMDb.com.
- Additional information on the movie can be found here on Wikipedia.
- A link to the theater listing is HERE
This movie is rated “R”. Please review the links provided for IMDB and/or Wikipedia above for specifics on the rating.
As part of the United Rewind Series, tickets are $13 online; $11 at the theater at the day of the showing. 65 and over are free.