A tragicomedy from director Lina Wertmuller, Love and Anarchy (1973; 2 hours, 2 minutes), plumbs the depths of fascist Italy from the perspective of a simple farm boy sent to kill Mussolini. Giancarlo Giannini won the best acting prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his achingly sensitive portrayal of Tunin, a freckle-faced innocent who becomes an accidental anarchist. A film of operatic emotion and subversive comedy, Love and Anarchy is a powerful statement on the terror of fascism and the ignoble fates of those who challenge it.

This film series is presented in celebration of the 1973 opening year of the Manton Research Center building.

Free.

Image: Love and Anarchy, Lina Wertmuller, 1973