Struggle in Italy

Struggle in Italy (Original title: Lotte in Italia) is an Italian-language drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin that was released in 1971.^[1]

Struggle in Italy
Original title	Lotte in Italia
Directed by	Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Gorin
Written by	Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Gorin
Starring	Cristiana Tullio-Altan Paolo Pozzesi Jerome Hinstin
Edited by	Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Gorin
Release dates	27 February 1971 (1971-02-27) (West Germany) 29 April 1971 (1971-04-29) (Italy)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Synopsis

Lotte in Italia depicts the moment when theory meets the desperation for movement for the protagonist, Paola Taviani, whose journey makes up most of the story.^[2]

At its core, Struggle in Italia is an analysis of the political situations in Italy.^[3] The outlines the stages of Paola's transformation and how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has fallen prey to bourgeois ideology in this Class struggle.^[1]

The film is "overtly political, experimental and energetic and deliberately infuriating", the kind you don't really see being made any more.^[4]

Production info

• Struggle in Italy premiered in West Germany on 27 February 1971 (TV premiere). It was released in Italy on 29 April 1971.
• The exterior scenes were filmed on locations in Milan, Lombardia, Italy, and the interior scenes in Paris, France. The factory scenes were filmed in Roubaix, France.^[1]