A man returns to the place where his father was murdered and tries to find closure. But he finds himself in a similar predicament as his late father instead.A man returns to the place where his father was murdered and tries to find closure. But he finds himself in a similar predicament as his late father instead.A man returns to the place where his father was murdered and tries to find closure. But he finds himself in a similar predicament as his late father instead.
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- TriviaThe movie makes extensive reference to two famous Italian artists: several shots of Tara are based on Giorgio De Chirico's paintings, while the opening credits show some paintings of Antonio Ligabue's.
- Quotes
Athos Magnani, father and son: You will not kill me. Even a dead traitor is damaging. A hero is more useful. A hero, whom people can love. I shall be basely murdered by a Fascist. We'll offer the spectacle of a dramatic death to seize people's imagination so they will continue to hate more and more Fascism.
- ConnectionsEdited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)
- SoundtracksRigoletto
di Giuseppe Verdi (as G. Verdi)
per gentile concessione E. M. I. Italiana S. p. A.
da disco STASERA ALL'OPERA QSOX 11/12
Ryan ,the murdered traitor/hero Fergus Kirpatrick's great grand son , becomes Athos Jr investigating on his father's murder ; influenced by murder mystery past master Chesterton,Borges ' pages are close to a labyrinthine detective story ,so it's only natural that Athos comes back to the place of the tragedy ,to be confronted with a harrowing contradiction : the clues which Ryan found in the manuscript (imitation of Shakespeare's plays) find an adequate equivalent on the screen. Smartly blending present and past , adding an ambiguous character -his father's lover ,played by the great Alida Valli-,and wandering through landscapes where time seems to have stood still , Bertolucci takes us through the garden of forking paths .Not a facile movie, but Borges' metaphysical vertigo is not either.
- ulicknormanowen
- Apr 13, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1