Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy is a 2012 Italian historical drama directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. Loosely based on the book Il segreto di Piazza Fontana by Paolo Cucchiarelli, the film recreates the Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan on December 12, 1969 and the brutal chain of events that followed.
Set in Milan in 1969, the story centers on Giuseppe Pinelli, an anarchist railway worker, and Luigi Calabresi, a deputy head of Milan’s Political Police. When a bomb explodes at the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, killing 17 people and injuring 88, Pinelli dies in mysterious circumstances during a police interrogation, and Calabresi leads the investigation. The film shows the intense pressure from political groups of the time, the role of the police, and hints at the involvement of neo-fascist elements and possible state complicity. Calabresi’s career suffers, and he ultimately dies, leaving the truth of the events contested.
The film premiered on March 30, 2012, runs 129 minutes, and is in Italian. It received international attention, including the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and won several Italian awards for acting, script, and visual effects.
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