The Subversives

The Subversives (1967)

Drama

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.

Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani.

Casts

	Lucio Dalla as Ermanno
	Ferruccio De Ceresa as Ludovico
	Fabienne Fabre as Giovanna
	Marija Tocinoski as Giulia
	Giulio Brogi as Ettore
	Lidija Juracik as Paola
	Maria Cumani Quasimodo as Ludovico's Mother
	Barbara Pilavin as Ermanno's Mother
	Raffaele Triggia as Ermanno's Father
	Fernando Arcangeli as (uncredited)
	Pier Paolo Capponi as Muzio
	Pier Giovanni Anchisi as

Crew