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Before the Revolution
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Before the Revolution

1964-05-13 · 111 min · ★ 7.0

Romance · Drama

As Fabrizio contemplates joining the Communist Party, he breaks off his planned marriage to a bourgeois woman and becomes incestuously involved with his alluring aunt.

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Directors
Bernardo Bertolucci
Production companies
Iride Cinematografica
Countries
Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Adriana AstiAdriana AstiGina
Francesco BarilliFrancesco BarilliFabrizio
Allen MidgetteAllen MidgetteAgostino
Morando MorandiniMorando MorandiniCesare
Cristina ParisetClelia
Cecrope BarilliPuck
Evelina AlpiEvelina
Gianni AmicoGianni AmicoAmico
Goliardo PadovaThe Painter
Guido FantiEnore
Enrico SalvatorePriest
Amelia BordiFabrizio's Mother
Domenico AlpiFabrizio's Father
Antonio MaghenzaniFabrizio's Brother
Ida PellegriClelia's Mother
Iole LunardiThe Grandmother

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