Thursday 5 February, 6.30pm
Genres’s classics –Noir 2026: The Assassin (L’Assassino) by Elio Petri
In Italian with English subtitles
ICI London is delighted to present a film series which showcases some classic genres of Italian cinema. The series starts with Noir, followed by Western and finally Comedy. A celebration of the variety of Italian cinema.
Introduction and post-screening discussion with Nick Walker
Director: Elio Petri
Writers: Tonino Guerra, Elio Petri
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Salvo Randone Cristina Gajoni, Micheline Priesle, Tony Ucci, Andrea Cecchi, Paolo Panelli
Crime, Drama / 1961/1 h 46mins /colour
Playboy antique dealer Alfredo Martelli is arrested on suspicion of murdering his older, far wealthier lover. But as the increasingly Kafkaesque police investigation proceeds, it becomes less important whether Martelli actually committed the crime as his entire lifestyle is put on trial.
Awards: 1962 Nastro d’argento Best Supporting Actor Salvo Randone
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Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as “one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema”. His film Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, and his subsequent film The Working Class Goes to Heaven received the Palme d’Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Other noted films by Petri include The 10th Victim (1965), the prize-winning We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) and A Quiet Place in the Country (1968), and the controversially received Todo modo (1976).
Nick Walker has worked in the film industry, is a film lecturer, programmer and host of film salon events in London and Rochester. Nick has a Master’s Degree in Film Culture.