Category: Movie • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: Italy • Language: Italian
Director
Elio Petri
Writer
Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
Cast
Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio
Plot
A high-ranking police inspector murders his mistress and - in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion - deliberately plants clues that indicate his responsibility for the crime.
In a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, Fantasy • Country: Italy, France • Language: Italian, English
Director
Elio Petri
Writer
Tonino Guerra, Elio Petri, Luciano Vincenzoni
Cast
Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret
Plot
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with an uninhibited countess who died there many years prior.
Category: Movie • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: Italy • Language: Italian
Director
Elio Petri
Writer
Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro, Leonardo Sciascia
Cast
Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas, Gabriele Ferzetti
Plot
In Sicily, a leftist professor investigates the "honor killings" of two friends, uncovering a tangled web involving politicians, the Mafia, the Church, and the widow of one of the victims.
Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police at his apartment without justification. In the precinct, he slowly discovers what the investigation is about as we discover details about his life.
Category: Movie • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: Italy • Language: Italian, Latin
Director
Elio Petri
Writer
Leonardo Sciascia, Elio Petri, Berto Pelosso
Cast
Gian Maria Volontè, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato
Plot
Party leader and power broker M. is holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansing.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: Italy • Language: Italian
Director
Elio Petri
Writer
Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Elio Petri
Cast
Alberto Sordi, Claire Bloom, Vito De Taranto
Plot
Primary school teacher Mr. Mombelli, nevertheless satisfied with his life, is driven by his wife to resign and starting a new activity. He invest all his goodwill setting up a footwear little factory. But after some time, unexpect...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: Italy, France • Language: Italian
Director
Elio Petri
Writer
Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
Cast
Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci, Daria Nicolodi
Plot
A neurotic Marxist bank teller quits his job and sets his sights on stealing everything - from tools to a mistress - from one of his former clients, a successful butcher.
