Rent Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
3.8 of 5 from 99 ratings
1h 55min
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- Synopsis:
- The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri's most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volonte) investigating a heinous crime - which he himself committed. Both a compelling character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian government crackdowns in Italy in the late 1960's and early '70s, Petri's kinetic portrait of surreal bureaucracy is a perversely pleasurable rendering of controlled chaos.
- Actors:
- Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando, Sergio Tramonti, Arturo Dominici, Aldo Rendine, Massimo Foschi, Aleka Paizi, Vittorio Duse, Pino Patti, Salvo Randone, Giuseppe Licastro, Filippo De Gara, Fulvio Grimaldi, Ugo Adinolfi, Franco Marletta, Giacomo Bellini, Giuseppe Terranova, Vincenzo Falanga
- Directors:
- Elio Petri
- Producers:
- Marina Cicogna, Daniele Senatore
- Writers:
- Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
- Aka:
- Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Oscars: Winners & Losers
- Countries:
- Italy
- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 18/01/2021
- Run Time:
- 115 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Archival interview with director Elio Petri, conducted by critic and filmmaker Alexandre Astruc
- Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005), a ninety-minute documentary on the director's career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers
- Interview with film scholar Camilla Zamboni from 2013
- Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonte (2008), a sixty-minute documentary about actor Gian Maria Volonte
- Music in His Blood, an interview with composer Ennio Morricone from 2010, conducted by film critic Fabio Ferzetti
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Reviews (1) of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Great Movie - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion review by JD
I first saw this 50 years ago, and it is even better than I remember.
A classic.
Superb story - power corrupts , so very relevant with what Trump has been up to recently.
Acting is very strong, and a word of praise for the haunting music.
A must see movie.
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