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With Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando. A high-ranking police inspector murders his mistress and - in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion - deliberately plants clues that indicate his responsibility for the crime.
- (14K)
- Crime, Drama
- Elio Petri
- 1970-09-09
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion. The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volontè ...
- Chief Inspector
A highly regarded Italian police inspector (Gian Maria Volonte) murders his mistress, only to become part of the homicide investigation that follows. The inspector proceeds to plant clues at the...
- (15)
- Elio Petri
- R
- Gian Maria Volonté
Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
- (24.7K)
- Vera Film
- Elio Petri
- Synopsis
- Picture 10/10
- Audio 6/10
- Extras 8/10
- Closing
The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volonté) investigating a heinous crime—which he himself committed...
Having inexplicably gone unreleased on DVD in North America, Criterion brings Elio Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicionto DVD and Blu-ray in a new dual-format edition. Both the Blu-ray and DVD versions present the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Taken from a new 4K restoration of the film, the film is given a fantastic 10...
The film is presented in 1-channel mono, Dolby Digital on the DVD and in lossless PCM on the Blu-ray. Ennio Morricone’s score sounds surprisingly robust on both, crisp and clean with outstanding fidelity and range. Unfortunately everything else in the track is flat and weak, particularly dialogue, which, like most Italian films at the time, was rec...
Criterion’s supplements offer a decent primer on the director, starting with an interview with Elio Petri from an excerpt of a 1970 episode of Le journal du cinema. The interviewer, critic Alexandre Astruc, comes off as a bit of a gas bag here, but once you get past this Petri talks about his work, questions what everyone considers normal, and ques...
I’m unsure as to why it took so long for this film to get a release but Criterion has done right by the film, packing it with a number of strong supplements and an absolutely incredible transfer. It comes with a very high recommendation. BUY AT:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) R | Crime, Drama. Trailer. A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
- 3 min
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a 1970 Italian satirical crime thriller film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, black-humored satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his mistress, and then tests whether the police would ...
