Bernardo Bertolucci was obviously influenced by the films of Jean-Luc Godard and the worldwide political upheavals of 1968 while assembling his feature-film Partner. This unorthodox adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Double studiously avoids traditional linear storytelling and exposition techniques. Pierre Clementi stars as a repressed young student who concocts a radical alter ego for himself. As the student's two faces argue polemics, Bertolucci uses the opportunity to take freewheeling critical potshots at all forms of political ideology. Not all of Partner makes sense, but the film will command the viewer's interest from beginning to end.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 45m
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 1969
STARRING: Pierre Clémenti, Sergio Tofano, Giulio Cesare Castello, Romano Costa, Antonio Maestri
DIRECTOR(S): Bernardo Bertolucci
PRODUCER(S): Giovanni Bertolucci
WRITER(S): Bernardo Bertolucci, Gianni Amico
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