The Day of the Owl
A detective is sent to Sicily to investigate the murder of a truck driver. The probe leads the detective to a woman who was or was not the driver's mistress and the local mafia kingpin.
A detective is sent to Sicily to investigate the murder of a truck driver. The probe leads the detective to a woman who was or was not the driver's mistress and the local mafia kingpin.
When two men are killed during a hunting party, an idealistic professor decides to investigate. Based on a Leonardo Sciascia novel, Elio Petri explores the role of the mafia in Italian society and how social institutions establish covert codes that govern life.
A detective investigating the murders of several Supreme Court justices begins to suspect a national-scale conspiracy is at work. At the height of the political tension of the 1970s, Francesco Rosi adapted Leonardo Sciascia's conspiracy novel; the result is this thrilling political film noir.
While a plague is raging outside, Italy’s leaders are in a bunker in a kind of spiritual retreat. They are supposed to contemplate their corruption, but they are plotting how to remain in power. And then the mysterious murders begin.... A satire about spirituality and political corruption.