From the beginning of the movie, the murder case showed a unique sense of design. The murderer, who was polite and calm, was actually a powerful police captain. He himself made a generous call to report the case, and then directed his colleagues to investigate the case, and even produced false evidence to index the line astray. It is a pity that an unexpected demonstration caused him to meet a strong witness, and Wei's conscience forced him to confess the crime. However, his colleagues and superiors tried their best to discourage him for their own benefit. After everyone's persuasion and education, he finally determined that he was "innocent" and proved that he was an "unsuspected citizen." Just like the ulterior motive of Kafka’s remarks at the end of the film “leaves us with the impression that he is a servant of the law, so he is integrated with the law and escaped human judgment.”
The plot of the whole film is ups and downs. The ups and downs expose and criticize the fascist political style of the time and the crime and corruption in the police station at that time. It can be said that it is the embodiment of the real social situation in Italy at that time. What is more rare is that the humor and entertainment are not lost in the acrimonious performance. sex. Elio Petri, who was originally a film critic, is a politically sensitive person, as evidenced by his debut in "The Murderer" (1961, a political psychodrama).
Gion Maria Volonte, who plays the lead role, is the favorite of director Elio Petri. This is the second collaboration between the two after "Each Oneself". He accurately presented the contradictory inner and divided mental state of the police murderer on the big screen, and his performance was calm and unforgettable. Since Gion once starred in the "Marti Incident" by Francisco Rossi, the originator of Italian "political films", he has become a dedicated actor in Italy's most representative political satire. In addition, Erio Morricone produced monotonous but vivid music for this film, which accurately rendered the tense atmosphere of the film.
This film was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival Jury Awards and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film the following year. It was also the most honored film among Italian political films at the time. Unfortunately, due to funding problems, none of the crew was able to come to the scene. Receive the award. Erio Petri's subsequent work of the same type of realism, "Working Class Goes to Heaven", won the Palme d'Or and Special Mention Award at the Cannes Film Festival. These two works successfully set off a wave of Italian political films, and Petri became a leader in Italian film circles. But it is a pity that Petri died of cancer in his prime, making many Italian filmmakers embarrassed.
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