Il Conformista The Conformist - (Bernardo Bertolucci;1970;Italy/France/West Germany)
A Fascist conformist is assigned to kill his old professor while he strives for a normal life.
A film driven both by performances and the interesting direction. Great angles are experimented with, and combined with the cinematography, especially the misty forest scene, gives this film an interesting tone. It balances it's politics and character study perfectly, especially with it's narrative. Jean-Louis Trintignant's performance oddly reminded me of Alain Delon's Jef Costello, not in the powerful emotionless, but a more depressed state, until the explosive final scene. The score also amplifies the mood.