Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Directed by	Marco Tullio Giordana
Produced by	Fabio Massimo Cacciatori (executive producer)
Starring	Valerio Mastandrea; Pierfrancesco Favino; Michela Cescon; Laura Chiatti; Fabrizio Gifuni; Luigi Lo Cascio; Giorgio Colangeli; Omero Antonutti; Thomas Trabacchi; Giorgio Tirabassi; Denis Fasolo; Giorgio Marchesi; Sergio Solli; Giulia Lazzarini; Luca Zingaretti;
Cinematography	Roberto Forza
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Release date	March 30, 2012;
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Romanzo di una strage (internationally released as Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy) is a 2012 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It is loosely based on the book Il segreto di Piazza Fontana by Paolo Cucchiarelli.^[1] The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in Milan December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who had led the investigation.^[2]

In July 2012, Romanzo di una strage entered the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.^[3] It was nominated to 16 David di Donatello awards, and won three (for best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best visual effects).^[4] It also won three Nastro d'Argento awards (for best script, best actor and best supporting actress)^[5] and two Ciak d'oro (for best supporting actor and best score).^[6]

Cast

Valerio Mastandrea: Luigi Calabresi
Pierfrancesco Favino: Giuseppe Pinelli
Bob Marchese: the President Judge Carlo Biotti
Fabrizio Gifuni: Aldo Moro
Omero Antonutti: Giuseppe Saragat
Laura Chiatti: Gemma Calabresi
Stefano Scandaletti: Pietro Valpreda
Michela Cescon: Licia Pinelli
Giorgio Colangeli: Federico Umberto D'Amato
Luigi Lo Cascio: Judge Paolillo
Giorgio Tirabassi: the professor
Giorgio Marchesi: Franco Freda
Denis Fasolo: Giovanni Ventura
Gianni Musy: confessor of Moro
Luca Zingaretti: the doctor
Francesco Salvi: Cornelio Rolandi
Corrado Invernizzi: Judge Pietro Calogero

References

^ Clara Caroli (March 17, 2011). "Strage Ciak, si gira la strage". La Repubblica. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ Pedro Armocida (Nov 27, 2011). "Bombe, sangue di Stato e G8 Il cinema torna a fare politica". Il Giornale.
^ Jessica Kiang (July 11, 2012). "Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy". Indie Wire. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ Valerio Cappelli (May 5, 2012). "Ai Taviani 5 David Delusi i favoriti Moretti e Giordana". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ "Nastri d'Argento: Sorrentino regista del miglior film". CineMagazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ Diego Odello (June 6, 2012). "Ciak d'oro 2012, vincitori: This must be the place miglior film". Il Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

External links

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy at IMDb

[1] Clara Caroli (March 17, 2011). "Strage Ciak, si gira la strage". La Repubblica. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[2] Pedro Armocida (Nov 27, 2011). "Bombe, sangue di Stato e G8 Il cinema torna a fare politica". Il Giornale.

[3] Jessica Kiang (July 11, 2012). "Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy". Indie Wire. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[4] Valerio Cappelli (May 5, 2012). "Ai Taviani 5 David Delusi i favoriti Moretti e Giordana". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[5] "Nastri d'Argento: Sorrentino regista del miglior film". CineMagazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[6] Diego Odello (June 6, 2012). "Ciak d'oro 2012, vincitori: This must be the place miglior film". Il Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

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