Partner (1968)

Directed by

Bernardo Bertolucci

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

18

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy and uncertain young man finds his life upended when he meets his exact double, a bolder and more confident version of himself. The film follows his psychological unraveling as he tries to understand and confront this mysterious other self.

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What happens

Partner is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Based on the 1846 novella The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it entered the 29th Venice Film Festival and the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at the 22nd Cannes Film Festival. The film's US debut was limited and only showed at the 1968 New York Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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