The Conformist (2011)
“Le Coq au Vin was written in white letters on a brown background on the second-floor level of an old gray house. They went into the restaurant. A red velvet sofa ran all around the sides of the room; the tables were lined up in front of the sofa; old rectangular mirrors in gilt frames reflected the central chandelier and the heads of the few customers in a tranquil light. Marcello recognized Quadri right away, seated in a corner next to his wife, smaller than her by a head, dressed in black, st...udying the wine list over his glasses. Lina, on the other hand, who was sitting up straight and immobile in a black velvet dress that emphasized the whiteness of her arms and breasts and the pallor of her face, seemed to be anxiously watching the door. Seeing Giulia, she stood up suddenly and behind her, almost hidden by her, the professor stood up, too. The two women shook hands. Marcello raised his eyes casually and saw, suspended in the unremarkable yellow light of one of the mirrors, an incredible apparition: the head of Orlando, watching him.MoreLess
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