Disobedience

Jul 15, 1981

1h 38m

★ 3.7

Overview

Luca Manzi is a fourteen year old boy when the Northern Italy Republic of Salò is governed by the Fascists. He becomes a partisan but when the war ends he is disappointed because things have not changed as he had hoped they wood, and he decides to let himself die. He is saved by Edith who tries to introduce him to sex. Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films Molière

Pantheon 1

RAI

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Cast

Angela

Stefania Sandrelli

Edith

Teresa Ann Savoy

Padre di Luca

Mario Adorf

Madre di Luca

Marie-José Nat

Luca Manzi

Karl Zinny

Dario

Jacques Perrin

Alfio

Marc Porel

Il professore

Nanni Loy

Rachele Cimmino

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