Film· 1970· Drama

Il conformista (The Conformist)

by Bernardo Bertolucci

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The Godfather

Film · 1972

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Francis Ford Coppola cited Bertolucci's The Conformist as an influence: The Godfather Part II borrows its shot of leaves blowing past the camera and casts Gastone Moschin from it.

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Il conformista (The Conformist)

Set in 1930s Italy, The Conformist centers on a mid-level Fascist functionary (Trintignant) who is ordered to assassinate his former professor, an anti-Fascist dissident in Paris. His mission is complicated after he begins an affair with the professor's wife (Sanda).