The Subversives
1967 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 218 VOTES · DIR. Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
Overview
The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his country and help his cause; Ludovico, an ailing filmmaker who finds out that art alone is not enough; Giulia, a woman who embarks upon a lesbian affair with a former mistress of her husband; and Ermanno, a philosophy graduate who breaks up with his past.
Dialogue Timeline — 725 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 THE SUBVERSIVES
00:04:05 Fine, then I have to stay as well.
00:07:09 - Don't push. - Go, go on past.
00:11:54 Now!
00:17:44 - And Ermanno loves you too, you know... - Me too, yes...
00:21:00 I'm destroyed.
00:24:01 If you get married here in Rome, everything will be okay!
00:27:38 If you no longer believe in your revolution, stay here.
00:30:53 Do you see? 14 years difference.
00:36:12 - We could go to Via Veneto. - This way.
00:43:19 I get distracted for a moment and it's already blossomed.
00:47:37 You're making fun of me...
00:51:16 Prepare the director, back in a moment.
00:54:13 I'd give you a funeral...
00:59:23 We're in trouble.
01:01:02 But definitely against him!
01:04:41 LEONARDO Could all of my work save a single child dying of hunger?
01:08:42 Warn me when you come in, please!
01:10:50 Us two...
01:13:20 Even in the shrillest of voices.
01:17:17 I only touched you. Get up!
01:21:36 "Unhappy for ever shall he be who shall like a stranger hear of it from afar...
01:27:10 My problem is with whoever gave permission.
01:30:07 I called Mario. He saw the material projected.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed725
Dialogue density7.8 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:30:07
Production Record
DirectorVittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes218