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Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema".
Elio Petri was born on 29 January 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) and His Days Are Numbered (1962). He was married to Paola Pegoraro.
Elio Petri, pseudonimo di Eraclio Petri, è stato un regista, sceneggiatore e critico cinematografico italiano. Importante regista del cinema italiano, fu autore di opere di ispirazione civile e denuncia sociale, in cui mise in evidenza il tema del rapporto tra l'uomo e l'autorità. Il suo attore prediletto fu Gian Maria Volonté, che diresse ...
Elio Petri was an Italian motion-picture director and screenwriter. Petri’s formal education was limited; most of his formative experiences occurred on the streets, in his neighbourhood, and in the local cell of the Italian Communist Party, of which he was a militant member until 1956.
A Quiet Place in the Country: Directed by Elio Petri. With Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo. After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Jun 19, 2003 · One of the most politically charged filmmakers to emerge in the European cinema of the 1960s, Elio Petri has often been overshadowed by such contemporaries as Bertolucci and Pasolini. Ripe for reexamination, his sleek oeuvre bears witness to a rare ...
The loud jazz soundtrack plays like a joke, and Martelli’s lack of integrity and passion is a critique of a generation. Petri comes from a different perspective, and this film defines how his films will stand apart from the art of his time.
