The Subversives

{{short description|1967 Italian film}}

{{for|the novel sometimes known as The Subversive|El filibusterismo}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Subversives
I sovversivi

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| director = Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

| writer =Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

| starring =

| music = Giovanni Fusco

| cinematography =Gianni Narzisi
Giuseppe Ruzzolini

| editing = Franco Brogi Taviani

| producer =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1967}}

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| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

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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.{{cite book|last=Gian Piero Brunetta|title=Dal miracolo economico agli anni novanta|publisher=Editori Riuniti|year=1993}}

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

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

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