“You could watch it with the sound off and it would be no less impressive”
—Chicago Reader

“Carries with it a rejuvenating jolt of youthful creative energy, the memory of a time when movies were the most important art and their creative possibilities seemed endless.”
– Dave Kehr

Bernardo Bertolucci’s unforgettable adaptation of Alberto Moravia’s novel takes us behind the facade of its lead character, unforgettably essayed by Jean-Louis Trintignant, a weak-willed and banal man who becomes a pawn of Fascists with the greatest of ease. A visual masterpiece, and one of the greatest films ever made.