Partner (1968 film)

Partner
Directed by	Bernardo Bertolucci
Written by	Gianni Amico Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by	Giovanni Bertolucci
Starring	Pierre Clémenti
Cinematography	Ugo Piccone
Edited by	Roberto Perpignani
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Release date	7 September 1968 (1968-09-07)(Italy)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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 ^{[1] [2]} and the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at the 22nd Cannes Film Festival. ^[3]

The film's US debut was limited and only showed at the 1968 New York Film Festival. ^[4]

Plot

This film follows a college student who has a routine life and who encounters a twin he is not related to. Along the way, he discovers that the twin friend has many qualities he doesn't have.

Cast

• Pierre Clémenti as Giacobbe I and II
• Stefania Sandrelli as Clara
• Tina Aumont as the seller of detergent
• Sergio Tofano as Petrushka
• Ninetto Davoli as the student

Reception

Pauline Kael, film critic for The New Yorker, called the film an "inventive but bewildering modernization of Dostoyevski's The Double." ^[4]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 91% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. ^[5]

References

1. T. Jefferson Kline. I film di Bernardo Bertolucci. Gremese Editore, 1994. ISBN   8876057978.
2. Leo Pestelli (8 September 1968). "Molte idee (meno cinema) nel "Partner" di Bertolucci". La Stampa. p. 9.
3. Pierre-Henri Deleau. Cinéma en liberté: la Quinzaine des réalisateurs à Cannes. Ed. de La Martinière, 1993.
4. Kael, Pauline (2011-10-27). The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael: A Library of America Special Publication. Library of America. p. 275. ISBN   978-1-59853-171-8.
5. "Partner". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved April 4, 2025.

External links

• Partner at IMDb