Italy10 Essential Italian FilmsStop 9 of 10

1900

Novecento

1976 · 317 min · Drama

Born on the same day at the turn of the century — one to a landowning family, one to peasants — two men's intertwined lives trace the bitter class struggles that convulse Italy across the rise of fascism. Bernardo Bertolucci's sprawling epic.

Why it’s here

Bertolucci’s Italian historical epic follows class conflict and social change in Emilia across the twentieth century.

Runtime

317 min

Genre

Drama · History

Mood

thoughtful · dark

Entry

challenging

Best for

character-driven drama

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive