Evening without an alibi
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Evening without an alibi |
| Original title | In nome del popolo italiano |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dino Risi |
| script |
Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli |
| music | Carlo Rustichelli |
| camera | Alessandro D'Eva |
| cut | Alberto Gallitti |
| occupation | |
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Evening without an alibi (original title: In nome del popolo italiano ) is a feature film by Dino Risi from 1971. It addresses the position of the Italian judiciary between the general interest and the influence of wealthy individuals. The production brought in over 530 million lire.
action
Judge Bonifazi is a dutiful servant of the administration of justice. He has illegally constructed buildings blown up, eats modestly and drives a moped. During the investigation into the death of a young woman, he comes across the large industrialist Santenocito, who is not too strict about the regulations and whose factory pollutes the waters. Santenocito apparently had a relationship with the victim.
When asked for an interview at a private party, the industrialist is beside himself. He doesn't have an alibi for the evening in question. He tries unsuccessfully to rhetorically wrestle the judge down, to bribe him, to threaten his relationships with high government officials. He wants to build a hotel complex on a site that recently fell victim to a fire. In a confidential conversation with his lawyer, he explains that he only drove the woman to her apartment and that he inspected the burned property for the rest of the night. In order not to have to disclose this in court, he causes a distressed entrepreneur to make a false statement in order to grant a loan. Bonifazi is willing to close the case in view of the existing alibi, but is still checking the accuracy of the alibi. It turns out to be wrong and Santenocito is imprisoned. The judge receives her exercise books from a school that the young woman attended, which testify to her last weeks. It shows that she caused her own death and that it was not a crime. Bonifazi experiences the crazy joy of the population after winning a soccer game and throws the exonerating notebooks into a fire.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films calls the film an “anecdotal, socially critical comedy that is entertaining mainly thanks to the theatrical highlights.” In 2002, Massimo Bertarelli from Il giornale praised the director's sure hand, who lead a wonderful duo of actors through the film. Jean Tulard (2005) found the “remarkable” film portrayed the impossibility of remaining honest under the weight of ideology. Tognazzi and Gassman raised their browbones in a fabulous way.
Web links
- Evening without alibi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon.it
Individual evidence
- ^ Rémi Fournier Lanzoni: Comedy Italian style . Continuum, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-8264-1822-7 , S: 255
- ↑ Evening without an alibi. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ in: Il Giornale , July 20, 2002
- ↑ Jean Tulard in Jean Tulard (ed.): Guide des films. Laffont, Paris 2005. Volume 1, ISBN 2-221-10451-X , p. 229