Il conformista

A classic on conformism and guilt

In Il Conformista, you follow Marcello Clerici, a man who does everything he can to fit within the norms of fascist Italy in the 1930s. Director Bernardo Bertolucci based his film on the novel by Alberto Moravia. Lead actor Jean-Louis Trintignant portrays a bureaucrat ordered by the state to murder his former professor and his wife. The film goes beyond a political narrative: Bertolucci explores how a person loses themselves in the drive for conformity. Marcello's choices are rooted in shame and a deep desire to be "normal."

Digitally restored back on the big screen

Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, later known for films like Apocalypse Now , creates the visual language. Shadow, light, and composition enhance the story's moral ambiguity. This reissue brings back Il conformista in a digitally restored version. Interested in film history or Italian cinema? Then this is your chance to revisit, or see for the first time, a seminal film from 1970 as it was intended.