The Subversives

For the novel sometimes known as The Subversive, see El filibusterismo.

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.^[1]

The Subversives I sovversivi
Directed by	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Written by	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Cinematography	Gianni Narzisi Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by	Franco Brogi Taviani
Music by	Giovanni Fusco
Release date	1967 (1967)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It was entered into the 32° Venice Film Festival.^[2]

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