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Better known as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, this Oscar-winning political drama stars Gian Maria Volonte as the citizen of the title, an unnamed police inspector. The story finds the inspector calmly cutting his mistress' throat, then planting evidence that will clear him of accusation -- and attempting to evade arrest by virtue of his "clean" public image. Elio Petri's own anti-establishment stance was never more pronounced than in this film, where the truth is whatever the
Jan 1, 1970 Wide
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A provocative political thriller that is as troubling today as when it came out in 1970. Maybe more so.
A potent study of power as pathology.
Moderately engrossing parable, crime drama and character study, with rigid political undertones.
One of the most sardonic, brilliant satires of its era.
The movie survives beautifully both as an elegant thriller and as a study of the twisted infantilism that shapes the fanatic heart.
Gian Maria Volonté persuasively personifies a suave, spitefully malevolent kind of hitchcockian sociopath. A surreal and strong meditation about how some human beings can be corrupted by power. A fundamental allegory to understand the Italian sociopolitical situation of that time, and possibly to draw parallels with
July 28, 2007Super Reviewer
Good strong satire about Italian corrupted police and State: Gian Maria Volontè is exquisitely despisable
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