Romanzo di una strage (internationally released as Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy) is a 2012 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It is loosely based on the book Il segreto di Piazza Fontana by Paolo Cucchiarelli.
The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in Milan December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who had led the investigation.
In July 2012, Romanzo di una strage entered the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It was nominated to 16 David di Donatello awards, and won three (for best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best visual effects). It also won three Nastro d'Argento awards (for best script, best actor and best supporting actress) and two Ciak d'oro (for best supporting actor and best score).
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Plot
Milan, December 1969. Giuseppe Pinelli is a Milanese railway worker. A husband, father, and anarchist, he animates and inspires the Ponte della Ghisolfa Anarchist Circle. Luigi Calabresi is deputy head of the Political Police at Milan's Police Headquarters. Husband, father, and commissioner, he follows and monitors the political opinions of the extra-parliamentary left. Engaged with intelligence and rigor on opposing fronts, they meet and clash between marches and summonses. The explosion at the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, which killed 17 people and injured 88, causes a national collapse and tensions in that "cordial correspondence". Summoned on the evening of the attack and questioned for three days, Pinelli dies under mysterious circumstances, falling from the window of Calabresi's office. Absent at the time of the tragic event, the commissioner ends up becoming both responsible and a victim. Relentlessly pursued by Lotta Continua members, implicated by the police and abandoned by the "leaders," he will continue to investigate the massacre, uncovering the involvement of the neo-fascist right wing in the Veneto region and the responsibility of state apparatuses. A rejected promotion and transfer will confirm his integrity, determining his fate.
Cast
Valerio Mastandrea: Luigi Calabresi
Pierfrancesco Favino: Giuseppe Pinelli
Bob Marchese: the President Judge Carlo Biotti
Fabrizio Gifuni: Aldo Moro
Omero Antonutti: Giuseppe Saragat
Laura Chiatti: Gemma Calabresi
Stefano Scandaletti: Pietro Valpreda
Michela Cescon: Licia Pinelli
Giorgio Colangeli: Federico Umberto D'Amato
Luigi Lo Cascio: Judge Paolillo
Giorgio Tirabassi: the professor
Giorgio Marchesi: Franco Freda
Denis Fasolo: Giovanni Ventura
Gianni Musy: confessor of Moro
Luca Zingaretti: the doctor
Francesco Salvi: Cornelio Rolandi
Corrado Invernizzi: Judge Pietro Calogero