Who Killed Pasolini
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Director Marco Tullio Giordana Duration Country Italy - France | 7/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Language Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Enzo Siciliano , Marco Tullio Giordana Release date 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 1975, after noted Italian filmmaker and activist Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered, the public is enraged and teenager Giuseppe Pelosi (Carlo DeFilippi) is convicted of the crime. It certainly seems Pelosi is connected; prior to Pasolinis death, the openly gay director solicited Pelosi for a sexual encounter in a poor neighborhood, and the deal went sour. But forensics experts uncover evidence that leads to theories of conspiracy, corruption and injustice. Yet, the truth remains out of reach.
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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.
The film entered the competition at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival, in which Giordana won the President of the Italian Senates Gold Medal. The film also won the David di Donatello for best editing.
The story of the murder of a poet, a man, a great film director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. The story begin with the arrest of "Pelosi", a young man then accused of the murder of the poet. All the investigation about the crime is about the question: "Was ONLY the "Pelosi" to kill Pasolini?" The help of a Policeman, Trepalle put in evidence a trouble: Was Pasolini killed because of his accuses to some politicians?
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.
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References
Who Killed Pasolini? WikipediaWho Killed Pasolini? IMDb Who Killed Pasolini? themoviedb.org