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]

The Murri Affair
Italian theatrical release poster
ItalianFatti di gente perbene
Directed byMauro Bolognini
Written bySergio Bazzini
Produced byGiovanni Di Clemente
Starring
CinematographyEnnio Guarnieri
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
  • Filmarpa
  • Lira Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 28 September 1974 (1974-09-28) (Italy)
  • 2 April 1975 (1975-04-02) (France)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageItalian

Plot

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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.

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Reception

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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

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  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.
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