Elio Petri

Elio Petri
Petri in 1968
Born
Eraclio Petri

(1929-01-29)29 January 1929
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died10 November 1982(1982-11-10) (aged 53)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film and stage director, screenwriter, film critic
Years active1953–1982
SpousePaola Pegoraro (1962–1982)

Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic.[1][2] The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema".[3] His film Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film,[1][4] and his subsequent film The Working Class Goes to Heaven received the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6]

Other noted films by Petri include The 10th Victim (1965),[7] the prize-winning We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)[8][9] and A Quiet Place in the Country (1968),[10] and the controversially received Todo modo (1976).[11][12]

  1. ^ a b "Elio Petri director of films satirizing the society of Italy". The New York Times. 11 November 1982. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Elio Petri: Satire, Italian Style". Museum of Modern Art. 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Elio Petri Revisited". Museum of Modern Art. 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ Williams, Evan Calder (3 December 2013). "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion: The Long Harm of the Law". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ "La classe operaia va in paradiso". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. ^ "La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston (March 2013). "La decima vittima". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  8. ^ "A ciascuno il suo". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  9. ^ "A ciascuno il suo". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Preise – 1969". Berlinale.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Todo modo". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  12. ^ Giubilei, Franco (1 September 2014). "Restaurato "Todo Modo", il film che anticipò l'uccisione di Aldo Moro". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2018.