The Subversives

The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his country and help his cause; Ludovico, an ailing filmmaker who finds out that art alone is not enough; Giulia, a woman who embarks upon a lesbian affair with a former mistress of her husband; and Ermanno, a philosophy graduate who breaks up with his past.

Cast

Lucio Dalla

Ermanno

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Ludovico

Fabienne Fabre

Giovanna

Marija Tocinoski

Giulia

Giulio Brogi

Ettore

Lidija Juracik

Paola

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Ludovico's Mother

Barbara Pilavin

Ermanno's Mother

Raffaele Triggia

Ermanno's Father

Fernando Arcangeli

(uncredited)