The mysterious murder of a prostitute happened near a park. The police are looking out for the truth and the murderer by the interrogation of the persons who were in the park that night.
"La Commare secca" is the first feature film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and definitely marks the beginning of a wonderful career. It is the third film that I have seen of Bertolucci and for me is just another little gem of the Italian Cinema. The film begins with the classic interrogations of the authorities and we see how the things really happened and how different are the facts from the words that the suspects are giving to the authorities. The first three suspects are three very strange men and their routine of the day of the murder are strangely funny, basically because they are lying in their confessions. The first one said that he was looking out for a job but he actually was bothering and trying to steal the couples of lovers in the park. The second said that he was spending a lovely day with his girlfriend but he was really having many problems with the mother of the woman who support him and finally having problems with that woman too. The third is the funnier because he spend all the day flirting with all the women that he saw instead of going to the cinema as he confess. So the story of the film looks like it has the murder mystery just as a pretext to show "a day in the life" of common people because is true that the first three suspects were in that park but is also true that they weren't involve in the murder and is until the fourth person interrogated that we can relate something with the dead prostitute. The last suspects are like the main characters in all the film; they are a couple of teenage boys looking out for the love of a couple of girls. I said that they are the main characters because we can see more details of their day and the reason of their own crime and why only one is interrogated. Finally the mystery of the dead prostitute is solve but that wasn't the main point of the film because it was just a perfect pretext to can show the same day in different minds.
Well I really like this film that is just a great beginning of Bertolucci . It's easy to watch and easy to enjoy with a short story (88 minutes) so this is the most accessible film of Bertolucci that I have seen. The cast is great with actors and actress who only appear in this film, that marks the beginning but also the end of their acting career. The music is, like in the other two films that I have seen of BB, really important for the meaning of some sequences and I really like that. Here the last dance scene is memorable and was where the police arrest the murderer.
Conclusion: "La Commare secca" is a simple but great film. The fact that Pier Paolo Pasolini write the story is another pretext to check this Italian gem that is really important not only for the Italian Cinema history but for the entire Cinema history.
"La Commare secca" is the first feature film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and definitely marks the beginning of a wonderful career. It is the third film that I have seen of Bertolucci and for me is just another little gem of the Italian Cinema. The film begins with the classic interrogations of the authorities and we see how the things really happened and how different are the facts from the words that the suspects are giving to the authorities. The first three suspects are three very strange men and their routine of the day of the murder are strangely funny, basically because they are lying in their confessions. The first one said that he was looking out for a job but he actually was bothering and trying to steal the couples of lovers in the park. The second said that he was spending a lovely day with his girlfriend but he was really having many problems with the mother of the woman who support him and finally having problems with that woman too. The third is the funnier because he spend all the day flirting with all the women that he saw instead of going to the cinema as he confess. So the story of the film looks like it has the murder mystery just as a pretext to show "a day in the life" of common people because is true that the first three suspects were in that park but is also true that they weren't involve in the murder and is until the fourth person interrogated that we can relate something with the dead prostitute. The last suspects are like the main characters in all the film; they are a couple of teenage boys looking out for the love of a couple of girls. I said that they are the main characters because we can see more details of their day and the reason of their own crime and why only one is interrogated. Finally the mystery of the dead prostitute is solve but that wasn't the main point of the film because it was just a perfect pretext to can show the same day in different minds.
Well I really like this film that is just a great beginning of Bertolucci . It's easy to watch and easy to enjoy with a short story (88 minutes) so this is the most accessible film of Bertolucci that I have seen. The cast is great with actors and actress who only appear in this film, that marks the beginning but also the end of their acting career. The music is, like in the other two films that I have seen of BB, really important for the meaning of some sequences and I really like that. Here the last dance scene is memorable and was where the police arrest the murderer.
Conclusion: "La Commare secca" is a simple but great film. The fact that Pier Paolo Pasolini write the story is another pretext to check this Italian gem that is really important not only for the Italian Cinema history but for the entire Cinema history.