Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
The plain title of Elio Petri’s film tells the bulk of the story. A policeman kills his mistress; the trail of clues leads back in his direction, yet such is his status, not to mention the force of his character, that his colleagues remain wary, or even incapable, of finding him guilty. Was he daring them to accuse him? Was he merely flaunting his power, or did he dream of finally being unmasked? The movie, dating from 1970, is fuelled by sardonic rage at a system of authority that seems answerable to no one; its political argument feels lumpen and dated, whereas its portrait of a loner and his lusts comes up frighteningly fresh, and the whole conceit would collapse without the muscular, rousing presence of Gian Maria Volonté in the central role. He, as much as Petri, hauls the movie into the realms of Kafka. With the beauteous Florinda Bolkan, plus a comic-sinister score, full of twanging springs, by Ennio Morricone. Anthony Lane
Italy
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1970
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1970
Script
Elio Petri
Ugo Pirro
Elio Petri
Ugo Pirro
Cinematography
Luigi Kuveiller
Luigi Kuveiller
Editing
Ruggero Mastroianni
Ruggero Mastroianni
Production
Vera Film (Daniele Senatore)
Vera Film (Daniele Senatore)
Cast
Florinda Bolkan
Gian Maria Will
John Santuccio
Sergio Tramonti
Florinda Bolkan
Gian Maria Will
John Santuccio
Sergio Tramonti
Music
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Awards
Best Actor David di Donatello
Best Actor Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Director
Best Film
Best Foreign Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
Best Story
Fipresci Prize Cannes
Jury’s Special Grand Prize
Best Actor David di Donatello
Best Actor Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Director
Best Film
Best Foreign Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
Best Story
Fipresci Prize Cannes
Jury’s Special Grand Prize
Festivals
18th Festival on Wheels
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