''Amore e rabbia'' ''(Love and Anger)'' is a 1969 Italian-French anthology film that includes five films directed by five Italian directors and one French director. It premiered at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival in 1969.

Plot

The film is composed of episodes that deal with some of the themes present in

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' parables and anecdotes of the canonical gospels. These issues, however, are reproduced in the present from their directors.

Segments

''Indifference''

A man is suffering from road, badly injured. Passers do not deign to look at him, and continue walking on their way. The episode is taken from

' parable of the Good Samaritan.

''Agony''

A bishop is ill and about to die. Before he dies, the man has a vision of

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, who tells him that his life has been misspent. The bishop realizes that he spent his life not properly respecting the gospel, but now it is too late.

''The sequence of the paper flower''

A beautiful smiling guy's walking on the streets of a city, bringing with him a large poppy paper. The boy is the goodness and innocence of youth, which is soon cut short by human wickedness. Indeed, while the merry boy is walking, the episode shows the evil done by man during the

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. At the end of the story, the boy is struck by lightning from the sky and dies, guilty of having been in his life a happy person and a good neighbor.

''Love''

A woman and a man're arguing with each other. They represent democracy and the people's revolution that can not get along, although their ideas are similar.

''We tell, tell''

A group of young guys occupies a university. Young people are fighters student revolution of the Sixties, and now that they have in hand the building, the guys begin to argue among themselves, bringing new ideas and changes. However, they do nothing but talk nonsense, not changing anything in society.

Cast

Discutiamo, discutiamo directed by

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...

and Elda Tattoli *

as Lecturer Agonia directed by

Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international ...

Julian Beck Julian Beck (May 31, 1925 – September 14, 1985) was an American actor, stage director, poet, and painter. He is best known for co-founding and directing The Living Theatre, as well as his role as Reverend Henry Kane, the malevolent preacher ...

as Dying Man * Jim Anderson * Judith Malina * Giulio Cesare Castello as Priest * Adriano Aprà as Clerk * Fernaldo Di Giammatteo * Petra Vogt * Romano Costa as Clerk * Milena Vukotic as Nurse L'Amore directed by Jean-Luc Godard * Christine Guého * Nino Castelnuovo * Catherine Jourdan *

Paolo Pozzesi Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American s ...

L'indifferenza directed by

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

Tom Baker Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1974 to 1981.Scott, Danny. (1 ...

La sequenza del fiore di carta directed by

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

Ninetto Davoli Giovanni "Ninetto" Davoli (born 11 October 1948) is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films. Biography Davoli was born in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria. He was discovered by poet, novelist ...

as Riccetto * Rochelle Barbini as The little girl *

Aldo Puglisi Aldo Puglisi (born 12 April 1935) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Catania, the son of two Sicilian language theatrical actors, Puglisi made his stage debut at very young age with the company of his parents. He made his film debut ...

as Dio

References

External links

* {{Carlo Lizzani 1969 films 1969 drama films Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard Films directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini Films directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Films directed by Carlo Lizzani Films directed by Marco Bellocchio Italian anthology films Italian drama films Films set in Rome French anthology films Films scored by Giovanni Fusco 1960s Italian films Films with screenplays by Bernardo Bertolucci