Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)

Name: Who Killed Pasolini?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1995-09-03
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Carlo DeFilippi, Nicoletta Braschi, Toni Bertorelli, Andrea Occhipinti, Victor Cavallo

Who Killed Pasolini? (1995), directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, starring Carlo DeFilippi and Nicoletta Braschi.

09/03/1995 BR Crime and Drama 1h 40m

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November 2, 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered in the outskirts of Rome. The suspect, a 17-year-old hustler, pleads to have acted in self-defense, citing Pasolini's notorious sexual habits as proof. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version, pointing to him not having acted alone or even being assaulted in the first place. Was Pasolini also killed for another reason?

Franco LeccaCinematography
Marco Tullio GiordanaDirector, Story, Screenplay
Cecilia ZanusoEditing
Claudio BoniventoProducer

About the film

Pasolini, un delitto italiano (Pasolini, an Italian Crime), internationally released as Who Killed Pasolini?, is a 1995 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It was released on 3 July 1996. It depicts the trial against Pino Pelosi, who was charged with the murder of artist and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.

The film entered the competition at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival, in which Giordana won the President of the Italian Senate's gold medal. The film also won the David di Donatello for best editing.

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Plot synopsis

The film traces the last hours of the life of poet and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini and his murder in 1975 on the beach at Ostia, near Rome. A boy, Pino Pelosi, is arrested and charged with murder. The police and judges believe that Pelosi is the only murderer of Pasolini, but the injuries on the body of the poet appear to be too severe and profound for Pelosi to have achieved alone.

As the trial unfolds, the film also examines the personality of Pasolini, his body of work and, above all, explains what people think of him in Italy. According to some Italians, Pasolini was a provocative man who "deserved what he suffered" (his murder) as punishment for being a Communist and a homosexual. Alternatively, his friends and fellow intellectuals remember him as a very good and sensible man, who sought only to fight against neo-fascism and the cruel and bigoted mentality prevailing in the Occidental world, particularly in the bourgeois and middle-class society.

Cast

Carlo De Filippi: Pino Pelosi

Giulio Scarpati: Nino Marazzita

Antonello Fassari: Rocco Mangia

Claudio Bigagli: Guido Calvi

Andrea Occhipinti: Furio Colombo

Nicoletta Braschi: Graziella Chiarcossi

Massimo De Francovich: Faustino Durante

Victor Cavallo: Antonio Pelosi

Rosa Pianeta: Maria Pelosi

Antonio Petrocelli: Tommaso Spaltro

Ivano Marescotti: a customer of Spaltro

Claudio Amendola: "Trepalle"

Enzo Marcelli: Braciola

Simone Melis: Bracioletta

Adriana Asti: teacher

Toni Bertorelli: inspector Pigna

Francesco Siciliano: journalist

Pier Paolo Pasolini (archival footage)

Ninetto Davoli (archival footage)

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External links

Who Killed Pasolini? at IMDb

Who Killed Pasolini? at Rotten Tomatoes

Who Killed Pasolini? at Variety Distribution

Text from Who Killed Pasolini? on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_Pasolini?

Trivia

It premiered on September 3, 1995, a Sunday.
It runs 1h40 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Pasolini, un delitto italiano".
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosCecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, C.G.G. Leopard, Numero Cinque, Flach Film, RAI
CountriesFrance, Italy
LanguagesItalian
StatusReleased

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Franco Lecca Cinematography
Marco Tullio Giordana Director
Cecilia Zanuso Editing
Claudio Bonivento Producer
Rita Rusić Producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori Producer
Ennio Morricone Original music
Marco Tullio Giordana Story
Marco Tullio Giordana Screenplay
Sandro Petraglia Story
Sandro Petraglia Screenplay
Stefano Rulli Story
Stefano Rulli Screenplay

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What is Who Killed Pasolini? about?

Who Killed Pasolini?: November 2, 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered in the outskirts of Rome. The suspect, a 17-year-old hustler, pleads to have acted in self-defense, citing Pasolini's notorious sexual habits as proof. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version, pointing to him not having acted alone or even being as…

Who directed Who Killed Pasolini??

Who Killed Pasolini? was directed by Marco Tullio Giordana in 1995.

Who stars in Who Killed Pasolini??

The cast of Who Killed Pasolini? includes Carlo DeFilippi, Nicoletta Braschi, Toni Bertorelli, Andrea Occhipinti and Victor Cavallo.

How long is Who Killed Pasolini??

Who Killed Pasolini? runs for 100 minutes, or 1h40.