Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970 123movies

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Plot: 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.
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Investigation on a movie above its notoriety .
“Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sopetto” (“Investigation of a citizen above suspicion”) is a surrealistic police-story directed by the Italian film-maker Elio Petri in 1970 .

A very original screenplay tells us the story of a respected police inspector who commits a crime and deliberately leaves clues just to find out how big is his reputation of “a citizen above suspicion” . The theme is developed from this single event and becomes an intelligent and provocative reflection about the concepts of authority and institution . While some could wrongly see this movie as a left-wing political one because of the way it depicts police authorities’ excessive power , It is really only a fair illustration denouncing the impotence of institutions of making an impartial investigation about their own mistakes . The main theme of the movie rises up a brilliant and paradoxical question : how can the organs which administrate the “Law” condemn themselves without risking their own collapse and negation ? To this question the movie answers with the pessimistic vision that a real justice is an utopia because of human-beings’ weaknesses and self-preservative nature . This brilliant reflection is developed in an highly entertaining and smoothly constructed satirical police-story : in fact the movie has an overwhelming “funny” tone especially thanks to Gian Maria Volonte’ superb acting in the main role of the “fascistoid” police inspector . The ending will surprise you with the way it reveals the surrealistic nature of the whole topic .

Even if this movie was highly awarded and acclaimed at its time , (1 Oscar for Best foreign film , 1 Nomination for Best original screenplay , won Grand Prize of the Jury and Golden Palm nomination at Cannes Films Festival , 1 Golden globe nomination ) at the present days it has been criminally forgotten . I can only add that I personally consider it one of the best Italian films ever made and one of the most provocative police-stories in the last 40 years . Unfortunately it suffers of a very poor international distribution so , unless you live in Italy , it won’t be easy for you to find this movie . But it doesn’t matter how hard it will be , it will be worth it .

Repression and Civilization
Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro’s Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion defies all genre boundaries: a political comedy disguised as a detective movie with elements of modernist storytelling. The plot, a labyrinth without exit, shows the head of the homicide squad, a nameless character throughout the movie but called Doctor by everyone, kill his mistress and then leave clues pointing towards him. His purpose? To show that he is untouchable, that he is above any suspicion.

Few writers could concoct such a bizarre character, only Dostoyevski or Kafka. And only Gian Maria Volontè could have played him. He gives life to a character obsessed with authority, control, order, the law, who believes in the importance of repression and civilization, who mocks innocent people as he interrogates them for crimes he knows they didn’t commit, who shamelessly breaks all known laws white saying with a straight face and booming voice that he believes in Democracy. Without Volontè’s fury this movie could have fallen apart.

Elio Petri shoots the movie in vivid, clean colors, the camera is nearly absent as everything looks natural. This is not a visual extravaganza, this is a talking heads movies: the ideas are in the farcical dialogues and insane speeches the characters give. In the end they’r nothing more than excuses for discussions about the nature of authority, the use and abuse of power, and the infiltration of totalitarianism in democratic institutions.

It’s also the ending, which is the Doctor’s fantasy of how the case is closed, that makes this movie unforgettable, once more owing to the insane dialogue.

Petri also has a debt to Ennio Morricone for his score, one of the best I’ve heard from the Master. It just seems Morricone was involved in every great Italian movie made at the time, and one wonders where the got the time and the inspiration to produce so much in such a short period of years. Morricone gave a unique sound to each of the movies he worked on, and this is no different, which from the first musical tone promises to be one of the most fascinating experiences in cinema for anyone.

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min), 1 hr 55 min (115 min) (1970) (Norway)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Elio Petri
Writer Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
Actors Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio
Country Italy
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (3-perf), 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm