NOVECENTO (1900)

by Bernardo Bertolucci (Novecento, Italie, 1976, 5h18, vostf)

starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Burt Lancaster, Donald Sutherland, Laura Betti, Stefania Sandrelli, Sterling Hayden

In the summer of 1900, two children are born on the same day on a large farm estate in Northern Italy. Olmo is the grandson of the tenant farmer while Alfredo is the grandson of the landowner. In spite of their opposite backgrounds, the two boys grow up together. As adults, their relationship waxes and wanes with the political upheavals of their century.

1^{st part} : 2h43 – 2^{nd part} : 2h35