Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
(2019, original release: 2012)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
Kino Lorber, 2012
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6421847
LANGUAGE
Italian
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This Machiavellian drama, based on a book by Paolo Cucchiarelli dissects the Piazza Fontana bombing, highlighting the manipulations and tragic consequences of the event and subsequent investigations. An explosion at the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Milan in 1969 resulted in 17 deaths and injured dozens more. The protests sweeping Europe and the fear of communism led the police to focus their investigations on anarchist groups. But the Police Commissioner is convinced it’s not that simple. When known non-violent protestor Giuseppe Pinelli dies in police custody, Calabresi’s enquiries reveal a conspiracy to discredit the Left by foreign and state governments, the police, the secret service through to neo-fascists. Intriguingly complicated and politically nuanced, PIAZZA FONTANA is an ever-twisting conspiracy of lies, intrigue and dirty politics. The meticulously staged real life story is both enthralling and gripping. Nominated for the Best Film, Best Actor and Best Screenplay Awards at the **Italian Golden Globes.** *"A studious re-creation, incorporating scenes of real power..." - Jay Weissberg, **Variety***

Film

In Process Record

Laura Chiatti, Luigi Lo Cascio, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valerio Mastandrea

Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2012

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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