Before the Revolution (1964)
Italy is the place where they've made an art of everything - especially love!
The study of a youth on the edge of adulthood and his aunt, ten years older. Fabrizio is passionate, idealistic, influenced by Cesare, a teacher and Marxist, engaged to the lovely but bourgeois Clelia, and stung by the drowning of his mercurial friend Agostino, a possible suicide. Gina is herself a bundle of nervous energy, alternately sweet, seductive, poetic, distracted, and unhinged. They begin a love affair after Agostino's funeral, then Gina confuses Fabrizio by sleeping with a stranger. Their visits to Cesare and then to Puck, one of Gina's older friends, a landowner losing his land, dramatize contrasting images of Italy's future. Their own futures are bleak.
Cast
- Adriana Asti - Gina
- Francesco Barilli - Fabrizio
- Allen Midgette - Agostino
- Morando Morandini - Cesare
- Cristina Pariset - Clelia
- Cecrope Barilli - Puck
- Evelina Alpi - Evelina
- Gianni Amico - Amico
Screenplay
- Bernardo Bertolucci (Story)
- Bernardo Bertolucci (Screenplay)
- Gianni Amico (Co-Writer)
Keywords
revolution, communism
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Before the Revolution about?
- The study of a youth on the edge of adulthood and his aunt, ten years older. Fabrizio is passionate, idealistic, influenced by Cesare, a teacher and Marxist, engaged to the lovely but bourgeois Clelia, and stung by the drowning of his mercurial friend Agostino, a possible suicide. Gina is herself a bundle of nervous energy, alternately sweet, seductive, poetic, distracted, and unhinged. They begin a love affair after Agostino's funeral, then Gina confuses Fabrizio by sleeping with a stranger. Their visits to Cesare and then to Puck, one of Gina's older friends, a landowner losing his land, dramatize contrasting images of Italy's future. Their own futures are bleak.
- Who directed Before the Revolution?
- Before the Revolution was directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
- Who stars in Before the Revolution?
- Before the Revolution stars Adriana Asti, Francesco Barilli, Allen Midgette, Morando Morandini, Cristina Pariset, Cecrope Barilli.
- How long is Before the Revolution?
- Before the Revolution has a runtime of 1h 47m (107 minutes).
- What genre is Before the Revolution?
- Before the Revolution is a Romance, Drama film.
- Where was Before the Revolution produced?
- Before the Revolution was produced in Italy.