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Elio Petri

Highest Rated: 100% A Quiet Place in the Country (1970)

Lowest Rated: 80% The Tenth Victim (1965)

Birthday: Jan 29, 1929

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Former critic who turned out a handful of documentaries and contributed to the scripts of several films (notably by Guiseppe De Santis) before directing his first feature in 1961. Petri used stylish visuals and a knack for finely-paced storytelling to communicate his pointed social and political satire. His best films include "The Tenth Victim" (1965), a futuristic fantasy in which men and women are trained to kill each other for sport; "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" (1970), an Oscar-winning parable about a Fascist police chief; and "Lulu the Tool" (1972), a complex and absorbing account of a factory worker's political awakening.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 52% A Quiet Place in the Country
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100% 94% Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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80% 79% The Tenth Victim
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The Year Long Road
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91% The Working Class Goes to Heaven
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73% Property Is No Longer a Theft
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High Infidelity
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La classe operaia va in paradiso
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Numbered Days
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65% We Still Kill the Old Way
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Filmography

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Good News 1979 Director, Screenwriter, Writer, Producer Todo Modo 95% 1976 Director, Screenwriter Property Is No Longer a Theft 73% 1973 Director, Writer The Working Class Goes to Heaven 91% 1971 Director, Screenwriter La classe operaia va in paradiso 1971 Director A Quiet Place in the Country 100% 52% 1970 Director, Writer Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 100% 94% 1970 Director We Still Kill the Old Way 65% 1967 Director, Writer The Tenth Victim 80% 79% 1965 Director, Writer High Infidelity 1964 Director The Teacher From Vigevano 1963 Director Numbered Days 1962 Director, Screenwriter The Assassin 88% 1961 Director The Year Long Road 1958 Screenwriter Quando tramonta il sole 1955 Writer Days of Love 1954 Screenwriter
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