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Disobedience
La disubbidienza
1981 98 min France, Italy 18+
★6.5
Drama
Director: Aldo Lado
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Description
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.
Starring
Stefania Sandrelli
Actor
Teresa Ann Savoy
Actor
Mario Adorf
Actor
Key opinion
La disubbidienza is a visually ambitious adaptation of Alberto Moravia's work that explores coming-of-age themes against the backdrop of fascist Italy. While the film benefits from a strong lead performance and evocative atmosphere, it is hampered by uneven execution and clumsy handling of its more provocative material.
| Acting | Stefania Sandrelli delivers a magnetic and commanding screen presence that anchors the film's complex interpersonal dynamics. | |
| Direction | Aldo Lado’s direction creates a compelling, fragmented atmosphere that effectively captures the film's memory-laden, retrospective tone. | |
| Emotion | The explicit erotic sequences feel poorly integrated and overly stylized, ultimately detracting from the emotional depth of the central performances. | |
| Originality | The conceptual ambition of the narrative is undermined by execution that fails to reach the heights of comparable works from the same era. |