Masterpiece by Bernardo Bertolucci, with the masterful cinematography of Vittorio Storaro and the splendid performances of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. On the eve of World War II, Marcello Clerici, a spy for the fascist political police, travels to Paris on his honeymoon. The honeymoon is a cover: unbeknownst to his wife Giulia, Marcello must eliminate his former professor, now an anti-fascist political dissident. In a whirlwind of erotic and political intrigue, the protagonist begins to question his faith in the regime and falls in love with the professor’s wife.