Italian Journey: 1900 (Novecento) I.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

DOP: Vittorio Storaro
Music by Ennio Morricone
Written by Bernardo Bertolucci,  Franco Arcalli, Giuseppe Bertolucci
Edited by Franco Arcalli, Enzo Ocone

Cast: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Donald Sutherland, Stefania Sandrelli, Dominique Sanda

Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (de Niro). 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.

Further screenings of the Italian Journey series.