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Property Is No Longer a Theft

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Allergic to money, a clerk (Flavio Bucci) at a bank steals items from a wealthy butcher (Ugo Tognazzi).

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Feels as relevant today as it did when Petri made the film in 1973. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 20, 2020 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com One of Petri's most acerbic, cynical titles, Property is No Longer a Theft remains bleakly amusing. Rated: 4/5 Sep 12, 2020 Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter A powerful film noir. May 28, 2020 Full Review Christopher Machell CineVue The film's disharmonious textures are a perfect match for [director Elio] Petri's unsettling visuals. Rated: 4/5 Mar 21, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The most experimental, and ambitious film of the trilogy of power by Elio Petri, it's also the less 'classic'. This La proprietà non è più un furto fails exactly on the aspirations. It is too demanding to itself.... I personally didn't like the choice to let them talk in roman dialect, because it makes it look too amateur. Besides I see the Ugo Tognazzi test as one of the most hyper charged, and far from real... I know it's because this is the Brecht's verfremdungseffekt kind of film, but it's really too much. Anyway it's just like any other Petri's film: as innovative as apocalyptic and prophetic. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member L'impiegato Total cerca il riscatto dei propri bisogni nel possesso dei beni di uno macellaio speculatore che incarna il successo e il benessere. Nella rincorsa a sostituirsi a lui, si improvvisa ladro senza esserlo. Il fraintendimento del desiderio, chiamato bisogno e il suo mancato riconoscimento all'interno della società lo portano ad essere altro da se stesso nel ruolo di ladro, obnubilato dalla proprietà fine a se stessa. I ladri, rivendicando e riconoscendosi la loro legittimità sociale, ristabiliranno l'ordine nella categoria. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Allergic to money, a clerk (Flavio Bucci) at a bank steals items from a wealthy butcher (Ugo Tognazzi).
Director
Elio Petri
Screenwriter
Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
Production Co
Quasars Film Company, Labrador Films
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2018
Runtime
2h 10m