The Murri Affair

The Murri Affair
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian	Fatti di gente perbene
Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Written by	Sergio Bazzini
Produced by	Giovanni Di Clemente
Starring	Giancarlo Giannini Catherine Deneuve Fernando Rey Tina Aumont Rina Morelli Ettore Manni Paolo Bonacelli Giacomo Rossi Stuart Lino Troisi Laura Betti Corrado Pani Marcel Bozzuffi
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production companies	Filmarpa Lira Films
Distributed by	PAC (Italy) Lugo Films (France) Atlantic Releasing (U.S.)
Release dates	28 September 1974 (1974-09-28)(Italy) 2 April 1975 (1975-04-02)(France)
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

The Murri Affair (Italian : Fatti di gente perbene, lit.  'Facts of Decent People'; French : La grande bourgeoise, lit.  'The Great Bourgeois') is a 1974 historical drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve. It is based on real events of a notorious 1902 murder trial. ^[1] It was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Film. ^[2]

Plot

Linda Murri, the daughter of a liberal wealthy family, was raised under lenient sexual mores, and now is suffocating in a marriage to a conservative doctor. Her brother, an intense young man who wastes his time on whores and gambling, can no longer watch his sister suffer. He plots the murder of her husband, and through the crime lays bare a society feeding on unspeakable passions and illicit actions.

Cast

• Giancarlo Giannini as Tullio Murri
• Catherine Deneuve as Linda Murri
• Fernando Rey as Augusto Murri
• Tina Aumont as Rosa Bonetti
• Rina Morelli as Giannina Murri
• Ettore Manni as Dr. Carlo Secchi
• Paolo Bonacelli as Francesco Bonmartini
• Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Riccardo Murri
• Laura Betti as Tisa Borghi
• Corrado Pani as Pio Naldi
• Marcel Bozzuffi as Inspector Stanzani
• Lino Troisi

Reception

Film Critic John Simon wrote "La Grande Bourgeoise is, like most of the films of Mauro Bolognini, failed art, the sort of thing that leaves a bad taste in the soul". ^[3]

References

1. Witcombe, Rick Trader (1982). The New Italian Cinema: Studies in Dance and Despair. Oxford University Press. ISBN   019520381X.
2. Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.
3. Simon, John (1983). John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years Of Films From Abroad. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 353.

External links

• The Murri Affair at IMDb