Italy | col | 105 mins | dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, with Pierre Clémenti, Tina Aumont, Sergio Tofano
This unorthodox adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Double stars Pierre Clementi as Giacobbe, a repressed young theatre teacher whose quiet and orderly life is thrown into chaos when he meets his radical doppelganger. As the two Giacobbes argue polemics, Bertolucci uses the opportunity to take freewheeling critical potshots at all forms of political ideology. Directed with flair and enthusiasm, Partner is Bertolucci's fascinating response to the events of May '68. Fri 2 May | 8.45pm | cert 12 | DB2
