Partner (1968 film)
1968 Italian film
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Partner is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
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Bernardo Bertolucci
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| Directed by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Written by | Gianni Amico Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Produced by | Giovanni Bertolucci |
| Starring | Pierre Clémenti |
| Cinematography | Ugo Piccone |
| Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Based on the 1846 novella The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it entered the 29th Venice Film Festival[1][2] and the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at the 22nd Cannes Film Festival.[3]
The film's US debut was limited and only showed at the 1968 New York Film Festival.[4]
Plot
This film follows a college student who has a routine life and who encounters a twin he is not related to. Along the way, he discovers that the twin friend has many qualities he doesn't have.
Cast
- Pierre Clémenti as Giacobbe I and II
- Stefania Sandrelli as Clara
- Tina Aumont as the seller of detergent
- Sergio Tofano as Petrushka
- Ninetto Davoli as the student
Reception
Pauline Kael, film critic for The New Yorker, called the film an "inventive but bewildering modernization of Dostoyevski's The Double."[4]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10.[5]
