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Before the Revolution

Italy is the place where they've made an art of everything - especially love!

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.

1h 51m1964TMDb 7.0

RomanceDrama

Italian

Crew and Cast

Bernardo BertolucciBernardo BertolucciDirectorAdriana AstiAdriana AstiGinaFrancesco BarilliFrancesco BarilliFabrizioAllen MidgetteAllen MidgetteAgostinoMorando MorandiniMorando MorandiniCesare
Cristina ParisetClelia
Cecrope BarilliPuck
Evelina AlpiEvelinaGianni 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

Storyline

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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Info

Original title
Prima della rivoluzione
Status
Released
Released
13 May 1964
Runtime
1h 51m
TMDB score
7.0 / 10 (124 votes)

Production

Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
Writers
Bernardo Bertolucci
Studios
Iride Cinematografica
Countries
Italy

Languages

Original
Italian
Spoken
Italian