ITAL 152 Lecture 12: ITAL152 Lecture #12 - The Conformist Part 2
12 May 2018
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ITAL152 Lecture #12 - The Conformist Part 2
Movie Viewing - The Conformist
●Made in the 1970s
●Plot Highlights
○Marcello and Giulia travel to Paris for their honeymoon
○In Paris
■Marcello also plans to assassinate his former college professor Luca
Quadri
○Marcello meets Anna
■Romantic and political loyalties are tested
○Guila is raped at age 15
■Guila tells Marcello about the event
○Marcello has an encounter with Anna again
○Marcello sends Giulia in a cab to the Eiffel Tower alone
○Marcello tracks down Anna at the dance studio
○Cole knows that Marcello is a fascist
○Marcello and a group of fascists murder Professor Luca Quadri, Anna Quadri, and
their dog
●Characters
○Marcello Clerici
■A member of the secret police in Mussolini's Fascist Italy
○Giulia
■His new bride
○Professor Luca Quadri
■Marcello’s former college professor
■Outspoken
■Anti-Fascist
■Lives in exile
○Anna Quadri
■Luca Quadri’s wife
■Young
■Prostitute
■Ballerina instructor
○Marcello's Daughter
○Marta
○Manganiello
○Lino
○Italo
○Guila’s Mother
Document Summary
Ital152 lecture #12 - the conformist part 2. Marcello and giulia travel to paris for their honeymoon. Marcello also plans to assassinate his former college professor luca. Marcello has an encounter with anna again. Marcello sends giulia in a cab to the eiffel tower alone. Marcello tracks down anna at the dance studio. Cole knows that marcello is a fascist. Marcello and a group of fascists murder professor luca quadri, anna quadri, and their dog. A member of the secret police in mussolini"s fascist italy. Interview with man while three ladies are singing in the background. Sideways shot at gate from behind the bars. Pan from the side to show staircase. The scene in the back of the dance studio with the blue light on anna"s face. When giulia walks in the park with her friend and the dog, the shot is colored blue and shown from a distance from behind.
