Presented in collaboration with CinemaItalia.

Sunday's screening will have a live introduction with speaker TBC.

This film is part of our season celebrating the films of Italian director Lina Wertmüller, running from April to June.

You can find the other films in the season and information about our wider year-long season spotlighting international female filmmakers, here.

An epic tragicomedy from director Lina Wertmüller, Love and Anarchy plumbs the depths of fascist Italy from the perspective of a simple farm boy sent to kill Mussolini. Giancarlo Giannini (The Seduction of Mimi) won the best acting prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his achingly sensitive portrayal of Tunin, a freckle-faced innocent who became an accidental anarchist. His contact in Rome is Salomè (Mariangela Melato), a prostitute with her own sob story. While they prepare for the assassination, Tunin falls in love with Tripolina (Lina Polito), which threatens the entire operation. 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 challenged it.

Original language: Italy

Presented with English subtitles