1974 · drama · history
Allonsanfan
Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani1h 51m1974
After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.
Our read: Allonsanfan (1974) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / history, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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