Gian Maria Volonté
Bizanti
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Oct 19, 1972 · Slap the Monster on Page One: Directed by Marco Bellocchio. With Gian Maria Volontè, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Jacques Herlin. A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Marco Bellocchio
- 1972-10-19
Music by. Nicola Piovani. Release date. 19 October 1972. Running time. 93 min. Language. Italian. Slap the Monster on Page One ( Italian: Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina) is a 1972 Italian political thriller directed by Marco Bellocchio.
Slap the Monster on Page One 1972 1h 30m Mystery & Thriller List. Reviews 87% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A Milanese journalist plots to frame a student protester for murder. ...
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- Marco Bellocchio
- Mystery & Thriller
- Gian Maria Volonté
While Slap the Monster on Page One's Bizanti is nowhere near as dynamic or charismatic as the Inspector in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (after all, who is?), the intensity Gian Maria Volonté brings to playing characters with beliefs diametrically opposed to his own immediately makes them compelling, and seems to grant these monstrous men a depth they might lack in less confident ...
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- Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio's Slap the Monster on Page One certainly reflects a particular time and place, seeped in the self-satisfied calculations of the monied Italian establishment, but it resonates bleakly in our time of heightened political cynicism and authoritarianism and of systematic disregard for truth.
Synopsis. 1972, Milan. Just a few days before the general elections, a young girl from an esteemed family is raped and murdered. Bizanti, editor-in-chief of a conservative newspaper, tries to derail the official police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his boss to win the elections.
