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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> |
'''''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> |
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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 best editing.<ref name="premi"/> |
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 best editing.<ref name="premi"/> |
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== Plot == |
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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, and his works and, above all explains what people think of him in [[Italy]]. Pasolini according to some Italians was a provocative man: he deserved what he suffered, having been a [[Communist]] and a [[homosexual]]. Instead, his friends and intellectuals remember him as a very good and sensible man, who sought only to fight against neo-fascism and the cruel and bigoted mentality of middle-class society. |
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*[[Toni Bertorelli]]: Ispettore Pigna |
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*[[Francesco Siciliano]]: Cronista |
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*[[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] (archivial footage) |
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*[[Ninetto Davoli]] (archivial footage) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:15, 7 November 2014
| Who Killed Pasolini? | |
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| Directed by | Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Written by | Enzo Siciliano (novel) Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Produced by | Vittorio Cecchi Gori Rita Rusic |
| Starring | Claudio Amendola Carlo De Filippi Nicoletta Braschi |
| Cinematography | Franco Lecca |
| Edited by | Cecilia Zanuso |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Release date | 1995 |
Running time | 100 min |
| Country | Italy - France |
| Language | Italian |
Pasolini, un delitto italiano (Pasolini, an Italian Crime), internationally released as Who Killed Pasolini?, is a 1995 Italian crime-drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It depicts of the trial against Pino Pelosi, charged with the murder of 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
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, and his works and, above all explains what people think of him in Italy. Pasolini according to some Italians was a provocative man: he deserved what he suffered, having been a Communist and a homosexual. Instead, his friends and intellectuals remember him as a very good and sensible man, who sought only to fight against neo-fascism and the cruel and bigoted mentality of middle-class society.
Cast
- Carlo De Filippi: Pino Pelosi
- Giulio Scarpati: Nino Marazzita
- Antonello Fassari: Rocco Mangia
- Claudio Bigagli: Guido Calvi
- Andrea Occhipinti: Furio Colombo
- Nicoletta Braschi: Graziella Chiarcossi
- Massimo De Francovich: Faustino Durante
- Victor Cavallo: Antonio Pelosi
- Rosa Pianeta: Maria Pelosi
- Antonio Petrocelli: Tommaso Spaltro
- Ivano Marescotti: un cliente di Spaltro
- Claudio Amendola: "Trepalle"
- Enzo Marcelli: Braciola
- Simone Melis: Bracioletta
- Adriana Asti: insegnante Casal del Marmo
- Toni Bertorelli: Ispettore Pigna
- Francesco Siciliano: Cronista
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (archivial footage)
- Ninetto Davoli (archivial footage)
References
- ^ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401372.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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