

93 minutes
9/21/1967
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.

Lucio Dalla
as Ermanno

Ferruccio De Ceresa
as Ludovico

Fabienne Fabre
as Giovanna
Marija Tocinoski
as Giulia

Giulio Brogi
as Ettore
Lidija Juracik
as Paola

Maria Cumani Quasimodo
as Ludovico's Mother

Barbara Pilavin
as Ermanno's Mother
Raffaele Triggia
as Ermanno's Father

Fernando Arcangeli
as (uncredited)

Pier Paolo Capponi
as Muzio

Pier Giovanni Anchisi