Partner (1968)

Bernardo Bertolucci, along with co-scenarist Gianni Amico, used Dostoievski's 1846, pre-imprisonment novella The Double: A Petersburg Poem, which they moved to Italy and updated to the pro-Vietcong student-protest present,

Director:

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writers:

Bernardo Bertolucci (story), Gianni Amico (story)

Stars:

Pierre Clémenti, Tina Aumont, Sergio Tofano

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierre Clémenti	...	Giacobbe I and II
Tina Aumont	...	Salesgirl
Sergio Tofano	...	Professor Petrushka
Giulio Cesare Castello	...	Professor Mozzoni
Romano Costa	...	Clara's father
Antonio Maestri	...	Professor 'Tre Zampe'
Mario Venturini	...	Professor
Alessandro Cane	...	Student
Gianpaolo Capovilla	...	Student (as Gian Paolo Capovilla)
Ninetto Davoli	...	Student
Vittorio Fanfoni	...	Student
Luigi Antonio Guerra	...	Student (as Luigi Guerra)
Giuseppe Mangano	...	Student
Giancarlo Nanni	...	Student
Stefano Oppedisano	...	Student

Storyline

Bernardo Bertolucci, along with co-scenarist Gianni Amico, used Dostoievski's 1846, pre-imprisonment novella The Double: A Petersburg Poem, which they moved to Italy and updated to the pro-Vietcong student-protest present,

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Plot Keywords:

title ends with period | class struggle | marxism | brechtian | surrealism | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian French

Release Date:

25 October 1968 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Partner

Filming Locations:

Rome, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Film, Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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Soundtracks

Splash
Written by Audrey Nohra (as Nohra)
Composed by Ennio Morricone
Performed by Peeter Boom
Courtesy of C.A.M.

User Reviews

Cinema of the absurd

Yes we know that many people think that life is absurd and meaningless and society is hopeless. Fortunately many more still think that life has a meaning and society can be reformed and changed. This movie also intends to pass another message which is that life is not real and only the theatre is real. Well the great German poet, Novalis, once said that poetry is the absolute real but that had quite another sense perhaps. Anyway what we watch here is a succession of scenes and dialogues void of any meaning at all and of any plot that can be followed. Bertolucci is a great film director but I think that this movie doesn't honour him at all.