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{{Infobox film
| name = Who Killed Pasolini?
| name = Who Killed Pasolini?
| image =Pasolini, un delitto italiano.jpg
| image = Pasolini, un delitto italiano.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Marco Tullio Giordana]]
| director = [[Marco Tullio Giordana]]
| writer = [[Enzo Siciliano]] (novel)<br>Marco Tullio Giordana
| writer =
| starring = [[Claudio Amendola]]<br>[[Carlo De Filippi]]<br>[[Nicoletta Braschi]]
| starring =
| music =[[Ennio Morricone]]
| music = [[Ennio Morricone]]
| cinematography =Franco Lecca
| cinematography = Franco Lecca
| editing = Cecilia Zanuso
| editing = Cecilia Zanuso
| producer =
| producer = [[Vittorio Cecchi Gori]]<br>[[Rita Rusic]]
| released = {{Film date|1995}}
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| country = Italy<br />France
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'''''Pasolini, un delitto italiano''''' (''Pasolini, an Italian Crime''), internationally released as '''''Who Killed Pasolini?''''', is a 1995 [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[Crime film|crime]]-[[drama film]] directed by [[Marco Tullio Giordana]]. It depicts of the trial against Pino Pelosi, charged with the murder of [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401372}}</ref>
| language = Italian
| runtime = 100 minutes
| studio =
| distributor = [[Variety Distribution]]
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Pasolini, un delitto italiano''''' (''Pasolini, an Italian Crime''), internationally released as '''''Who Killed Pasolini?''''', is a 1995 [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[Crime film|crime]]-[[drama film]] co-written and directed by [[Marco Tullio Giordana]]. It was released on 3 July 1996. It depicts the trial against Pino Pelosi, who was charged with the murder of artist and filmmaker [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401372}}</ref>


The film entered the competition at the [[52nd Venice International Film Festival]], in which Giordana won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref> The film also won the [[David di Donatello]] for bestediting.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref>
The film entered the competition at the [[52nd Venice International Film Festival]], in which Giordana won the President of the Italian Senate's gold medal.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref> The film also won the [[David di Donatello]] for best editing.<ref name="premi"/>

== Cast ==
== Plot synopsis ==
The film traces the last hours of the life of poet and film director [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]. The poet is killed at night in 1975 on the beach at Ostia, near [[Rome]]. A boy is arrested: Pino Pelosi, and charged with murder. The police and judges believe that Pelosi is the only murderer of Pasolini, but his injuries on the body of the poet are too severe and profound. Then are called to bear witness to the death of the poet his sister and his mother, destroyed by grief.

As the process unfolds, the film examines the personality of Pasolini, his body of work and, above all, explains what people think of him in [[Italy]]: Pasolini according to some Italians was a provocative man who "deserved what he suffered" (his murder), as punishment for being a [[Communist]] and a [[homosexual]]. Instead, his friends and fellow intellectuals remember him as a very good and sensible man, who sought only to fight against neo-fascism and the cruel and bigoted mentality prevailing in the Occidental world, particularly in the bourgeois and middle-class society.

== Cast ==
*[[Carlo De Filippi]]: Pino Pelosi
*[[Carlo De Filippi]]: Pino Pelosi
*[[Giulio Scarpati]]: Nino Marazzita
*[[Giulio Scarpati]]: Nino Marazzita
*[[Antonello Fassari]]: Rocco Mangia
*[[Antonello Fassari]]: Rocco Mangia
*[[Claudio Bigagli]]: Guido Calvi
*[[Claudio Bigagli]]: Guido Calvi
*[[Andrea Occhipinti]]: Furio Colombo
*[[Andrea Occhipinti]]: [[Furio Colombo]]
*[[Nicoletta Braschi]]: Graziella Chiarcossi
*[[Nicoletta Braschi]]: Graziella Chiarcossi
*[[Massimo De Francovich]]: Faustino Durante
*[[Massimo De Francovich]]: Faustino Durante
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*[[Rosa Pianeta]]: Maria Pelosi
*[[Rosa Pianeta]]: Maria Pelosi
*[[Antonio Petrocelli]]: Tommaso Spaltro
*[[Antonio Petrocelli]]: Tommaso Spaltro
*[[Ivano Marescotti]]: un cliente di Spaltro
*[[Ivano Marescotti]]: a customer of Spaltro
*[[Claudio Amendola]]: "Trepalle"
*[[Claudio Amendola]]: "Trepalle"
*[[Enzo Marcelli]]: Braciola
*[[Enzo Marcelli]]: Braciola
*[[Simone Melis]]: Bracioletta
*[[Simone Melis]]: Bracioletta
*[[Adriana Asti]]: insegnante Casal del Marmo
*[[Adriana Asti]]: teacher
*[[Toni Bertorelli]]: Ispettore Pigna
*[[Toni Bertorelli]]: inspector Pigna
*[[Francesco Siciliano]]: Cronista
*[[Francesco Siciliano]]: journalist
*[[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] (archival footage)
*[[Ninetto Davoli]] (archival footage)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0114096}}
*{{IMDb title|0114096}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|pasolini-an-italian-crime}}
*[https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/pasolini-an-italian-crime/ ''Who Killed Pasolini?''] at [[Variety Distribution]]

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Latest revision as of 12:06, 7 May 2024

Who Killed Pasolini?
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarco Tullio Giordana
Written byEnzo Siciliano (novel)
Marco Tullio Giordana
Produced byVittorio Cecchi Gori
Rita Rusic
StarringClaudio Amendola
Carlo De Filippi
Nicoletta Braschi
CinematographyFranco Lecca
Edited byCecilia Zanuso
Music byEnnio Morricone
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

Pasolini, un delitto italiano (Pasolini, an Italian Crime), internationally released as Who Killed Pasolini?, is a 1995 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It was released on 3 July 1996. It depicts the trial against Pino Pelosi, who was charged with the murder of artist and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.[1]

The film entered the competition at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival, in which Giordana won the President of the Italian Senate's gold medal.[2] The film also won the David di Donatello for best editing.[2]

Plot synopsis[edit]

The film traces the last hours of the life of poet and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini. The poet is killed at night in 1975 on the beach at Ostia, near Rome. A boy is arrested: Pino Pelosi, and charged with murder. The police and judges believe that Pelosi is the only murderer of Pasolini, but his injuries on the body of the poet are too severe and profound. Then are called to bear witness to the death of the poet his sister and his mother, destroyed by grief.

As the process unfolds, the film examines the personality of Pasolini, his body of work and, above all, explains what people think of him in Italy: Pasolini according to some Italians was a provocative man who "deserved what he suffered" (his murder), as punishment for being a Communist and a homosexual. Instead, his friends and fellow intellectuals remember him as a very good and sensible man, who sought only to fight against neo-fascism and the cruel and bigoted mentality prevailing in the Occidental world, particularly in the bourgeois and middle-class society.

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401372.
  2. ^ a b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

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