Directed by:
Marco BellocchioScreenplay:
Sergio DonatiComposer:
Nicola PiovaniCast:
Gian Maria Volonté, John Steiner, Jacques Herlin, Marco Bellocchio, Jean Rougeron, Corrado Solari, Gisella Burinato, Laura Betti, Michel Bardinet (more)Plots(1)
Days before a general election a young girl is raped and murdered. Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonté), the editor of a right-wing newspaper uses the story to help the conservative candidate his paper supports. The tumultuous time of Italy’s ‘Years of Lead’ are captured in Marco Bellocchio’s powerful political drama which directly addressed topics of its day and even prefigured the creation of the right-wing paper Il giornale, which came into being two years after this film. In an age of media manipulation Slap the Monster on Page One has never been more relevant and stands proudly alongside such Italian activist classics as We Still Kill the Old Way and The Mattei Affair. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Italy
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Moro Affair (1986)
John Steiner
UK
Best movies:
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
The 13 Chairs (1969)
Violent City (1975)
Jacques Herlin
France
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
The Monsters (1963)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Marco Bellocchio
Italy
Best movies:
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Francis of Assisi (1966)
Love and Anger (1969)
Jean Rougeron
Best movies:
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Corrado Solari
Italy
Best movies:
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Gisella Burinato
Italy
Best movies:
Shelter Me (2007)
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Mafalda di Savoia - Il coraggio di una principessa (2006) (TV movie)
Laura Betti
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
La dolce vita (1960)
Blackout in Rome (1960)
Michel Bardinet
France
Best movies:
Mado (1976)
Three Murderesses (1959)
Revolver (1973)
Gérard Boucaron
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Going Places (1974)
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Jean Rougeul
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Mattei Case (1972)
The Monsters (1963)
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
Man of the East (1972)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Gianni Solaro
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
The Traffic Policeman (1960)
Carla Tatò
Italy
Best movies:
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Five Days of Milan (1973)