La Commare Secca

La Commare Secca

1962 · 91 min · IT · 6.9 (64 votes)
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci · Starring Carlotta Barilli, Lorenza Benedetti, Clorinda Celani, Vincenzo Ciccora, Alvaro D'Ercole, Giancarlo De Rosa · Music Piero Piccioni
ThrillerDramaMystery

Roman police detectives interrogate a series of potential perpetrators in their struggle to determine whom to arrest for the brutal murder of a beautiful prostitute whose body is discovered in a park on the day of a torrential rainstorm. One by one, the prime suspects -- girl-crazy teenager Nino, pickpocket Canticchia, a soldier on leave, a tourist and a pimp -- recount the events of the day to the police, each insisting he is innocent.

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A stark, rain-slicked examination of guilt and desperation in Rome. The film's atmosphere is heavy with moral ambiguity, as each confession unravels a thread of urban decay and human frailty.

bleakgrittytensesomberslow-burnneo-realismcrime proceduralnoir-tingedguiltdeceptionurban decayclass
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