Novecento
(1976)
AKA: 1900
Country: Italy
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (de Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.
Notes
- Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
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Cast
- Robert De Niro
- Gerard Depardieu
- Dominique Sanda
- Roberto Maccanti
(Olmo as a Child) - Paolo Pavesi
(Alfredo as a Child)
BoyActors Reviews
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A frightening portrait of life in rural italy from 1900 to after World War II. Our blushes weren't spared and the sight of a man being killed with pitchforks will remain with me for ever. Things were barbaric. It would explain why Italy is still very much struggling to be a nation.
My Movie Rating:
9 / 10 
My Movie Rating:
10 / 10 This review is for Part 1:
I thought Roberto and Paolo had very good interaction, they seemed to have become good friends off camera, because they seemed very comfortable with each other, especially in the barn scenes, After reading Benjamin's review, I chose not to watch the 2nd disk, unless maybe there might be Special Feat.s on it, I'd watch those, but I will not willingly subject myself to movie gore and violence anymore! I was glad to see that the movie started with the boys and wasn't in a retrospect, with the adult of one of the characters telling story of his childhood. I did see enough of DeNiro's scenes to tell that he spoke his lines in English, and I did notice that some of the actors were speaking there's in there own language, in one scene one actor was speaking in English and the other was speaking, I believe, Italian, but it had been Dubbed to English, because their lips were off track with the words being uttered! Like a Japanese fight movie! ;)
All funning aside, I liked this movie as far as the boys went, but stopped after they were done, so I didn't have to watch the violence. So my rating for Roberto and Paolo's scenes is a 9.5!
My Movie Rating:
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Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert De Niro, what can we add? Nothing, just excellent film.