Berlinguer, I Love You (1977)

Original title

Berlinguer ti voglio bene

Directed by

Giuseppe Bertolucci

Genre

comedy film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

VM18

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 109 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man declares his love for a political leader. The film follows his eccentric life and interactions.

quirkyplayfulirreverentlow-keycomedicintimateoffbeat

What happens

Berlinguer ti voglio bene (internationally released as Berlinguer, I Love You) is a 1977 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. It is the debut film for both Bertolucci and Roberto Benigni. It is based on the stage play Cioni Mario di Gaspare fu Giulia, which Bertolucci wrote and directed in 1975 and in which Benigni played the character of Mario Cioni, a character he later resumed in the television mini-series Onda libera. The title quotes Cioni's declaration of love for Enrico Berlinguer, then leader of the Italian Communist Party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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