: Set in Northern Italy during the Republic of Salò, the story follows 14-year-old Luca, who becomes a partisan but falls into a suicidal depression after the war's end fails to meet his expectations. He is eventually "saved" through complex sexual encounters with two women, Edith (his father’s lover) and Angela (his nurse). Stefania Sandrelli as Angela. Teresa Ann Savoy Karl Zinny as Luca Manzi. Soundtrack : The film features a notable score by Ennio Morricone
The user reviews on IMDb reflect the film's divisive nature. One review describes the plot as "very silly, with a sick boy called Luca (Karl Zinny) being disputed by two women (Savoy and Stefania Sandrelli) during the Republic of Saló period". Another critic similarly dismisses the film's premise, echoing the same assessment. la disubbidienza 1981 imdb top
Italian cinema of the 1980s was a landscape of transformation, where the artistic ambitions of the past decade gave way to more commercial and often eroticized productions. La disubbidienza (also known internationally as Disobedience ) stands as a peculiar artifact from this era—a film that sought to adapt a prestigious literary source, brought together some of Europe's most talented actors and technicians, yet ultimately fell victim to a critical and commercial reception that often dismissed it as a "mediocre softcore." : Set in Northern Italy during the Republic