INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
[INDAGINE SU UN CITTADINO AL DI SOPRA DI OGNI SOSPETTO]
This pitch-black psychological thriller from writer/director Elio Petri (THE 10TH VICTIM) won the 1970 Foreign Language Film Oscar®, and Petri and Ugo Pirro were also nominated for their original screenplay. Gian Maria Volonté (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS) stars as a police inspector who murders his mistress and flaunts his guilt to demonstrate his untouchable power. INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION was the second of six films Ennio Morricone scored for Petri, and his droll, quirky music expertly evokes the inspector's twisted psyche. (Note courtesy of the Academy Museum.) DIR/SCR Elio Petri; SCR Ugo Pirro; PROD Marina Cicogna, Daniele Senatore. Italy, 1970, color, 115 min. In Italian with English subtitles. RATED R
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, June 15, 2024
Genre: Crime drama