In 1963, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovanni Guareschi filmed two medium-length films intended to be shown together. The result, AngerIt offered a glimpse into the vision of Western society and the aspirations for the future of both men; Pasolini's perspective from the extreme left, Guareschi's from a comfortable conservatism. Forty years later, director Giuseppe Bertolucci revisited Pasolini's filmed material and gave it its own identity.