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Sacco & Vanzetti

1971 · 125 min

A sober, steadily mounting indictment of prejudice that leaves you heavy with injustice and quiet fury.

Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack

Tagline: The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World.
Overview: Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

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Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
class
immigration
politics
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo
Written by: Giuliano Montaldo, Fabrizio Onofri
Starring: Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello, Geoffrey Keen, Milo O'Shea, William Prince, Claude Mann
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Silvano Ippoliti
Runtime: 125 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: English, Italian

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