Young student runs away from a 1984-esque dictatorship, lives for a while with a crazy girl in a surrealistic “igloo” in snowy wilderness and then returns to lead a revolution against the oppressive system. Sci-fi tale consistent with the political climate of May 68.
Production
Igloo sets that out-budget the entire student revolution
Direction
Faenza's chaotic pivot from documentary to dystopian snow day
Costume
Revolutionary chic meets arctic survival gear
Director
Roberto Faenza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual aftermath of May '68, when Italian students were still occupying universities—Faenza literally filmed revolutionary energy while it was dissolving.
Lionel Stander was blacklisted by Hollywood during the Red Scare; casting him as The Professor was Faenza's pointed joke about institutional paranoia.
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