A prostitute lies dead along the shore in a remote area of a Rome park. Half a dozen edgy suspects are rousted and interrogated, with each given the opportunity to voice their alibi.
Bernardo Bertolucci's stunning directorial debut at the age of 22 displays the work of a seasoned master that will reach peak fruition in the years ahead from The Conformist to the Last Emperor. Displaying some dazzling camera work and editing he presents a punks gallery of surly deadbeats along with a feral conscript in one audacious act of scene stealing, making all likely suspects. The list of suspects runs a little long, slowing the pace, with the denouement a touch of a disappointment in the face of all the razzle dazzle style leading up to the murderer's capture the film's thunder dominated by Bertolucci's precocious talent..
Bernardo Bertolucci's stunning directorial debut at the age of 22 displays the work of a seasoned master that will reach peak fruition in the years ahead from The Conformist to the Last Emperor. Displaying some dazzling camera work and editing he presents a punks gallery of surly deadbeats along with a feral conscript in one audacious act of scene stealing, making all likely suspects. The list of suspects runs a little long, slowing the pace, with the denouement a touch of a disappointment in the face of all the razzle dazzle style leading up to the murderer's capture the film's thunder dominated by Bertolucci's precocious talent..