Reteaming with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro immediately following The Conformist, Bertolucci scored another mesmerizing critical hit in transposing a Jorge Luis Borges short story from 19th-century Ireland to 20th-century Italy. Giulio Brogi returns to the village where his father has been memorialized as a martyr killed for his anti-Fascist stance. But does dad’s long-ago love Alida Valli have more to add to the official story?

In Italian with English subtitles