La notte quando è morto Pasolini
The night Pasolini died
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MOVIE CATEGORY
Giuseppe Pelosi, found guilty of the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini in Ostia on November 2, 1975, gives an interview in which he reveals some uncomfortable truths surrounding the poet and filmmaker’s murder: those responsible for his death are the infamous Borsellino brothers, Franco and Giuseppe, who allegedly ordered Pelosi to remain silent.
Presented at the 2009 Locarno Film Festival, it is a candid interview with Giuseppe Pelosi, interrogating a new—yet another—possible truth about a night that shook all of Italy.
DIRECTORY
After studying Philosophy at the University of Milan, Drama at the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts, and Film Direction at the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti, she moved to Palermo in 1990, where she shot her first short films, including Angelesse (1991), Il teatro è una bestia nera (1993) and Verginella (1996). Success came with Tano da morire (1997), presented at the Venice Film Festival, where she won the award for Best First Film; the movie was also honored with two David di Donatello awards. Her other films were presented again at Venice as well as at Cannes and at Locarno. She has had extensive experience as a writer and theater director; since August 2025, she has been the artistic director of the Teatro Luigi Pirandello in Agrigento.
