CONFORMIST, THE (1970)

Il conformista

In Mussolini's Italy, repressed Jean-Louis Trintignant, trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode – and murder – joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in. As the reluctant Judas motors to his personal Gethsemane (the assassination of his leftist mentor), he flashes back to a dance party for the blind; an insane asylum in a stadium; and wife Stefania Sandrelli and lover Dominique Sanda dancing the tango in a working class hall. But those are only a few of this political thriller's anthology pieces, others including Trintignant's honeymoon coupling with Sandrelli in a train compartment as the sun sets outside their window; a bimbo lolling on the desk of a fascist functionary, glimpsed in the recesses of his cavernous office; a murder victim's hands leaving bloody streaks on a limousine parked in a wintry forest.

Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece, adapted from the Alberto Moravia novel, boasts an authentic Art Deco look created by production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, a score by the great Georges Delerue and breathtaking color cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

DISC ONE:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE BY CINETECA DI BOLOGNA in collaboration with Minerva Pictures under the supervision of Fondazione Bernardo Bertolucci
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Critic Bilge Ebiri
• NEW Interview with Valentina Ricciardelli, president of the Bernardo Bertolucci Foundation
• 2023 Re-Release Trailer

DISC TWO:

• Includes the 2011 HD restoration of The Conformist created in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, Vittorio Storaro and Bernardo Bertolucci
• In the Shade of the Conformist (57 min)
• Original 1970 U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• 2014 Re-Release Trailer