Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Infobox_Film
name = Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
caption = Original poster
director = Elio Petri
producer = Marina Cicogna
Daniele Senatore
writer = Elio Petri
Ugo Pirro
starring = Gian Maria Volontè
Florinda Bolkan
music = Ennio Morricone
cinematography = Luigi Kuveiller
editing = Ruggero Mastroianni
distributor = Columbia Pictures (US release)
released = flagicon|Italy February 9, 1970
flagicon|USA December 20, 1970
runtime = 112 min.
language = Italian
budget =
amg_id = 1:126536
imdb_id = 0065889|
"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" ( _it. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian film crime drama directed by Elio Petri. It is a dramatic, psychological, black-humoured satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his lover and then tests whether the police would accuse him for this. During the movie, he is seen planting obvious clues while the other police officers ignore them, either intentionally or not.
The film was highly regarded in its own time, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and both the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Also it won as Best Foreign Language Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1971. Today the film stands well, thanks to its intelligent composition.
Volonté performed one of his most celebrated roles as the idiosyncratic, nervous police inspector, portraying a clichéd authoritarian southern Italian police functionary.
Cast
External links
* " [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion] " at Metacritic
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title=Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1970
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title=Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
years=1969
before="Ådalen 31"
after="Johnny Got His Gun"
tied with "Taking Off"
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