Elio Petri | |
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![]() Petri in 1968 | |
Born | Eraclio Petri 29 January 1929 Rome, Italy |
Died | 10 November 1982 Rome, Italy | (aged 53)
Occupation(s) | Film and stage director, screenwriter, film critic |
Years active | 1953–1982 |
Spouse | Paola 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]