A provocative feature film which explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder of film director Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975. Pasolini's life was one of almost constant controversy. His contentious views on religion, politics and culture aroused the full spectrum of emotions in Italian society. His gritty, visceral work was simultaneously hailed as brilliant and condemned for its generous use of sex, violence and anti-establishment "blasphemy." Everything about him aroused scandal--even his death. The 17-year-old youth who bludgeoned him to death, then ran him over with the director's own Alfa Romeo, claimed Pasolini had made homosexual advances toward him. But whether this was the true motive was never satisfactorily answered. Pasolini's vociferous opposition to the ruling class may well have played a part--but so could countless other sensational declarations he made, against industry, the banks, the Mafia, the media... every branch of Italian society.

Director:
Marco Tullio Giordana	Director
Cast:
Carlo Defilippi	as Pino Pelosi
Nicoletta Braschi	as Graziella Chiarcossi
Toni Bertorelli	as Inspector Pigna
Andrea Occhipinti	as Furio Colombo
Victor Cavallo	as Antonio Pelosi
Rosa Pianeta	as Maria Pelosi
Giulio Scarpati	as Nino Marazzita
Francesco Siciliano	as Apprentice
Biagio Pelligra	as Police Official
Umberto Orsini	as High Ranking Judge
Krum Denicola	as Adolfo De Santis
Claudio Amendola	as Trepalle
Antonio Petrocelli	as Tommaso Spaltro
Vittorio De Bisogno	as Vicenzo Spaltro
Ivano Marescotti	as Law Firm Client
Claudio Bisagli	as Guido Calvi
Antonello Fassari	as Rocco Mangia
Massimo Defrancovich	as Faustino Durante
Ennio Coltorti	as Juvenile Court Judge
Adriana Asti	as Teacher
Paolo Graziosi	as Luigi Cancrini
Giacomo Piperno	as Alfredo Carlo Moro
Maurizio Dicarmine	as Giuseppe Salame
Claudia Pozzi	as Journalist
Lello Serao	as Police Officer Cuzzupe
Eduardo Cuomo	as Guglielmi
Mimmo Mignemi	as Brigadiere
Giorgio Crisafi	as Carabinieri Officer
Alessandro Carlone	as Cellmate
Maria Grandi	as Maria Teresa Lollobrigida
Romano Jannelli	as Ennio Slavitti
Renato Campese	as Judge Tranfo
Vanni Fois	as Carabinieri Colonel
Gaetano Sersale	as Reporter
Dino Gentili	as Reporter
Simona Ferraro	as Reporter
Emilia Marra	as Reporter
Paolo Bonanni	as Reporter
Marco Caporali	as Reporter
Claudio Alfonsi	as Tg1 Commentator
Claudio Parise	as Tg2 Commentator
Walter Dapozza	as Citta' Futura Commentator
Elisa Lancione	as Susanna Pasolini
Franco Mescolini	as Agency Director
Walter Piretti	as Agency Editor
Giovanni Marsala	as Claudio Seminara
Massimiliano Petrucci	as Salvatore Deidda
Riccardo Calvani	as Barman
Franca Scagnetti	as Woman
Vito Passeri	as Tall Man
Valentino Simeoni	as Short Man
Mattia Osti	as Durante'S Assistant
Antonio Ferrante	as Chief Of Police
Constantino Meloni	as Casal Del Marmo Kid
Roberto Accornero	as Juvenile Court Judge
Clarizio Diciaula	as Court Clerk
Maurizio Greco	as Public Attorney
Giorgio Colangeli	as Honorary Judge Guarino
Alessandra Vanzi	as Honorary Judge Milone
Antonio Falvo	as Court Usher
Cinematography:
Franco Lecca	Director Of Photography
Writer:
Marco Tullio Giordana	Screenwriter
Stefano Rulli	Screenwriter
Sandro Petraglia	Screenwriter
Marco Tullio Giordana	Story By
Stefano Rulli	Story By
Sandro Petraglia	Story By
Marco Tullio Giordana	Book As Source Material ("Pasolini, An Italian Crime")
Enzo Siciliano	Inspired By Book ("Vita Di Pasolini")
Producer:
Vittorio Cecchi Gori	Producer
Rita Cecchi Gori	Producer
Claudio Bonivento	Producer
Jean-Francois Lepetit	Co-Producer
Editing:
Cecilia Zanuso	Editor
Music:
Ennio Morricone	Music
Production Designer:
Elisabetta Montaldo	Production Designer
Sound:
Gianni Zampagni	Sound
Production Companies:
Cecchi Gori Pictures	Production Company
Numero Cinque	Production Company
Flach Film	Production Company
	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Cecchi Gori Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sacis	Foreign Distribution Sales
Film Production - Main:
Massimo Martino	Line Producer
Giorgio Innocenti	Production Manager

Winner of the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal at the 1995 Venice Film Festival.

Released in Italy September 8, 1995

Released in United States July 3, 1996

Released in United States Summer July 3, 1996

Began shooting January 1994.

Completed shooting Spring 1994.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 7-16, 1995.

Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 1995.

35mm

color

Dolby SR (Spectral Recording)

dialogue Italian

subtitled English

rtg MPAA NONE

aspect ratio 1:1.85

Released in United States July 3, 1996 (Film Forum; New York City)

Released in United States Summer July 3, 1996

Released in Italy September 8, 1995