8/9 - (50th Anniversary Screening Italian Auteurs)
1900 - Part I
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Epic Period Drama
162’ (1976)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Santa, Bard Lancaster, Donald Sutherland, Laura Betti, Alida Valli, Sterling Hayden.
Language: Italian—with Greek subtitles
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock, Olmo, the other born to a land owner, Alfredo. The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.
