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Who Killed Pasolini?

Original title: Pasolini, un delitto italiano
  • 1995
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
622
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Pier Paolo Pasolini in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
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A film on the poet, writer and film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini focusing on his brutal murder and on the judicial proceedings that followed. The case is reconstructed via the trial of Pino Pel... Read allA film on the poet, writer and film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini focusing on his brutal murder and on the judicial proceedings that followed. The case is reconstructed via the trial of Pino Pelosi, the street kid who was found guilty of the murder. The trial becomes a metaphor of th... Read allA film on the poet, writer and film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini focusing on his brutal murder and on the judicial proceedings that followed. The case is reconstructed via the trial of Pino Pelosi, the street kid who was found guilty of the murder. The trial becomes a metaphor of the Italian society in the 1970s.

  • Director
    • Marco Tullio Giordana
  • Writers
    • Marco Tullio Giordana
    • Sandro Petraglia
    • Stefano Rulli
  • Stars
    • Carlo De Filippi
    • Nicoletta Braschi
    • Toni Bertorelli
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    622
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marco Tullio Giordana
    • Writers
      • Marco Tullio Giordana
      • Sandro Petraglia
      • Stefano Rulli
    • Stars
      • Carlo De Filippi
      • Nicoletta Braschi
      • Toni Bertorelli
    • 3User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations

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    Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Carlo De Filippi in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Carlo De Filippi in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Nicoletta Braschi and Carlo De Filippi in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Claudio Bigagli, Carlo De Filippi, Antonello Fassari, and Giulio Scarpati in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Claudio Bigagli, Carlo De Filippi, Antonello Fassari, and Giulio Scarpati in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Toni Bertorelli and Biagio Pelligra in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
    Giulio Scarpati in Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
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    Carlo De Filippi
    Carlo De Filippi
    • Pino Pelosi
    • (as Carlo DeFilippi)
    Nicoletta Braschi
    Nicoletta Braschi
    • Graziella Chiarcossi
    Toni Bertorelli
    • Ispettore Pigna
    Andrea Occhipinti
    Andrea Occhipinti
    • Furio Colombo
    Victor Cavallo
    • Antonio Pelosi
    Rosa Pianeta
    • Maria Pelosi
    Giulio Scarpati
    • Nino Marazzita
    Francesco Siciliano
    Francesco Siciliano
    • Praticante Agenzia
    Biagio Pelligra
    • Funzionario Questura
    Umberto Orsini
    Umberto Orsini
    • Alto Magistrato
    Krum De Nicola
    • Adolfo De Stefanis
    Claudio Amendola
    Claudio Amendola
    • 'Trepalle'
    Enzo Marcelli
    • 'Braciola'
    Antonio Petrocelli
    • Tommaso Spaltro
    Ivano Marescotti
    Ivano Marescotti
    • Cliente Spaltro
    Claudio Bigagli
    Claudio Bigagli
    • Guido Calvi
    Antonello Fassari
    Antonello Fassari
    • Rocco Mangia
    Massimo De Francovich
    • Faustino Durante
    • Director
      • Marco Tullio Giordana
    • Writers
      • Marco Tullio Giordana
      • Sandro Petraglia
      • Stefano Rulli
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      This is the only acting role of Carlo De Filippi. He died of drug overdose a year after the release.
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    9/10
    A Silenced Poet
    How did Pier Paolo Pasolini die? What were the motives behind his assassination? Moreover, who was Pier Paolo Pasolini? The question is more than timely because today he has not only been forgotten by many of those who saw his films or read his writings, but most youngsters do not know who he was. Especially many young males who today paint their lips, wear a skirt and go out carrying an LGBTQ+ banner and do not know the work done before them by generations with a firm stand, a solid ideological discourse and militancy for social issues beyond their sexual orientation, who were perhaps more radical in times of less permissiveness. Pasolini was one of those. Not only was he an open homosexual who protested against Italian politics in the middle of the past century, but a great poet, novelist, filmmaker, essayist and politician, and for some "the greatest Italian intellectual of the 20th century". But he knew too much. He knew what politician did what to whom, what this or that politician was after, who they bribed, who they had killed. So his assassination in 1975 was not the simple story of the middle-aged pederast who picks up a young proletarian hustler, who ends up killing him. As soon as the news was known, intellectuals and a few journalists raised their voices of protest, among them the well-known Oriana Fallaci, author of "Interview with History", who had a love-hate relationship with the poet, who, as she said, invoked violence with his statements. "Pasolini, an Italian Crime" is not a retelling of his life, his intimate dealings or his guilts, to satisfy curious people. It is a legal drama, sometimes somber, sometimes sad, but always moving, an investigative work of dramatic force, with good performances (with a few poignant moments, as the one delivered by Adriana Asti), directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, the award-winning filmmaker who gave us "La meglio gioventù". Made in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Pasolini's death, the film is based on the novel "Life of Pasolini" by Enzo Siciliano and it deservedly won the Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Senate at the Venezia Film Festival in 1995. A mature, fine film.
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    • Release date
      • September 3, 1995 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Pasolini, an Italian Crime
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
      • Cecchi Gori Group Leopard
      • Numero Cinque Srl
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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