Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)
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Better known as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, this Oscar-winning political drama stars Gian Maria Volonte as the citizen of the title, an unnamed police inspector. The story finds the inspector calmly cutting his mistress' throat, then planting evidence that will clear him of accusation -- and attempting to evade arrest by virtue of his clean public image. Elio Petri's own anti-establishment stance was never more pronounced than in this film, where the truth is whatever the ruling class chooses to acknowledge. The original Italian title of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion was Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogna Sospetto.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
- Gian Maria Volontè
- Florinda Bolkan
- Gianni Santuccio
- Orazio Orlando
- Sergio Tramonti
- Arturo Dominici
- Aldo Rendine
- Massimo Foschi
- Aleka Paizi
- Vittorio Duse
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Metacritic
The film may have dated as a cautionary left-wing tale, yet it has stayed fresh as a study in the minutiae of power. [1 Oct. 2012, p.85]
Anthony Lane
The New Yorker
As specific as the film is to Italy at the turn of the turbulent 1970s, it’s also a film about how power first corrupts, then makes mad those who possess it.
Keith Phipps
The Dissolve
Like all good directors who make films about their own obsessions, Petri transmits an obsessive feeling in the film itself. Investigation of a Citizen is stylistically disconnected, but it works because it is absolutely fascinated with the nature of the inspector.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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