The Subversives
I sovversivi
Watch the subversives HDToday. The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Italy
- Director: Paolo Taviani
- Cast: Lucio Dalla, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Fabienne Fabre, Marija Točinoski, Giulio Brogi, Lidija Juracik, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Barbara Pilavin, Raffaele Triggia, Fernando Arcangeli, Pier Paolo Capponi,