In Mussolini’s Italy, a repressed Jean-Louis Trintignant (Amour, Il Sorpasso), trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode—and murder—joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in. As this reluctant Judas motors to his personal Gethsemane (the assassination of his leftist mentor), he flashes back to a dance party for the blind, an insane asylum in a stadium, and lovers dancing the tango. But those are only a few of this political thriller’s anthology pieces; others include a honeymoon coupling in a train compartment as the sun sets outside, a bimbo lolling on the desk of a fascist functionary, and a murder victim’s hands leaving bloody streaks on a limousine parked in a wintry forest.

Adapted from Alberto Moravia’s novel, Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterpiece boasts an authentic Art Deco look created by production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, a score by the great Georges Delerue, and breathtaking color cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.

Newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative by Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with Minerva Pictures under the supervision of Fondazione Bernardo Bertolucci.