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Piazza Fontana: the Italian Conspiracy (Romanzo di una strage)

Piazza Fontana: the Italian Conspiracy (Romanzo di una strage)

Piazza Fontana: the Italian Conspiracy (Romanzo di una strage)

original title:

Romanzo di una strage

directed by:

Marco Tullio Giordana

cast:

Valerio Mastandrea, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Pierfrancesco Favino, Michela Cescon, Laura Chiatti, Giorgio Colangeli, Giorgio Tirabassi, Stefano Scandaletti, Denis Fasolo, Giorgio Marchesi, Thomas Trabacchi, Corrado Invernizzi, Omero Antonutti, Fausto Russo Alesi, Sergio Solli, Antonio Pennarella, Giacinto Ferro, Giulia Lazzarini, Benedetta Buccellato, Francesco Salvi, Diego Ribon, Gianni Musy, Giovanni Visentin, Paolo Bonanni, Claudio Casadio, Giovanni Federico, Angelo Pisani, Bob Marchese, Maurizio Tabani, Edoardo Natoli, Marcello Prayer, Lorenzo Gioielli, Vittorio Ciorcalo, Riccardo Maranzana, Luca Zingaretti, Giovanni Anzaldo, Pierpaolo Saraceno, Bruno Torrisi, Davide Paganini, Alessandro Bressanello, Gianmaria Martini, Gianluigi Fogacci, Angelo Costabile, Roberto Sbaratto, Andreapietro Anselmi, Alessio Vitale, Marco Zannoni, Fabrizio Parenti, Davide Paganini, Francesco Sciacca, Irmo Bogino

screenplay:

Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia, Marco Tullio Giordana, Paolo Cucchiarelli, freely adapted from the book by Paolo Cucchiarelli "Il segreto di Piazza Fontana"

cinematography:

Roberto Forza

editing:

Francesca Calvelli

set design:

Giancarlo Basili

costume design:

Francesca Sartori

music:

Franco Piersanti

visual effects:

Stefano Marinoni, Paola Trisoglio - Visualogie

producer:

Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini

production:

Cattleya, Rai Cinema, BaBe Films, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte

distribution:

01 Distribution [Italy]

world sales:

Rai Com [Italy]

country:

Italy/France

year:

2011

film run:

129'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

30/03/2012

festivals & awards:

Milan, 12 December 1969. A huge bomb explosion at piazza Fontana at the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura branch causes the death of 17 and 88 wounded. Police Commissioner Luigi Calabresi believes that the anarchists were behind the massacre as well as many other similar attacks. The investigation leads to several suspects and arrests but one night a suspect commits suicide and the Commissioner ends up responsible for the unpleasant incident. The case unfolds in several Italian cities and a universe of young neo-Nazis organization ready to carry out some sensational actions along with an international weapon traffic is disclosed. Calabresi was killed in front of his home on 17 May 1972.