Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Cinema Italiano! • 2h 6m
Marco Tullio Giordana • Italy • 2012
A bomb shook Milan on December 12, 1969. Exploding at the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, fourteen were killed with nearly 100 injured, striking fear into the heart of the otherwise stately Italian city. Police Commissioner Luigi Calabresi sets off to identify the culprits, rounding up the usual suspects for interrogation. When non-violent anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli dies after falling from the fourth-floor window of Calabresi’s office, the political and media storm surrounding the incident threatens to implode.
Delving into the complex web of suspicion, corruption, and subterfuge characterizing the still-unsolved blast, Piazza Fontana is an ambitious historical thriller. Marco Tullio Giordana’s ninth film premiered at Telluride, Bari, and Karlovy Vary, where it won a Special Jury Prize. Piazza Fontana was nominated for sixteen David di Donatello Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Visual Effects.
Up Next in Cinema Italiano!
-
The First Beautiful Thing
Paolo Virzì • Italy • 2010 • A gentle comedy of life, love, and family.
Bruno, a middle-aged teacher, sits stoned out of his mind on a park bench. He’s forgotten his own birthday, much to the chagri...
-
The Man Who Will Come
Giorgio Diritti • Italy • 2009
Martina hasn’t spoken a word since her baby brother died in her arms. Her mother, Lena, is once again pregnant, while her father, a peasant farmer, works the land in an e...
-
Tommaso
Abel Ferrara • Italy • 2014
Tommaso is an American expat living in Rome. His days pass listlessly—taking Italian courses, working on a new script, attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Once a wild child, Tomma...
