The Ploy

March. 24,2016      
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.

Massimo Ranieri as  Pier Paolo Pasolini
Libero De Rienzo as  Antonio
Matteo Taranto as  Sergio
Milena Vukotić as  Susanna Pasolini
Toni Laudadio as  

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Reviews

Karry
2016/03/24

Best movie of this year hands down!

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ShangLuda
2016/03/25

Admirable film.

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Numerootno
2016/03/26

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

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Bergorks
2016/03/27

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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ludovico di donna
2016/03/28

I saw the movie in DVD and it has fully fascinated me. In the box there is also a second DVD containing several extra contributions: it has been useful to understand many things that I had only guessed watching the movie. Now I am very upset about what happened to Pasolini, it's amazing his honest sacrifice and it's appalling the cruelty with which they decided to kill him in every sense. The movie has sequences simply moving, you have to be very careful to follow what's going on. I am sincerely touched by the talent of the actors and I hope to have soon the opportunity to watch this movie on a screen of a cinema: Why did I have to wait for the DVD to watch it? Highly recommended

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masstoscano
2016/03/29

Pasolini is one of the most quoted poets but often some people tries to manipulate his thought, I have always believed this. Every time some people try to say that Pasolini is passed. This film restores the full strength of Pasolini's vision without any rhetoric. The plot is brought forward really impeccably. The elegant trait of David Grieco is rare in our cinema and the film has a very good pace. The clarity allows the viewer to follow the film, but care is needed. Excellent the actors in particular Massimo Ranieri and Roberto Citran. The soundtrack is beautiful, Pink Floyd are a really great choice. Photography is for gourmets. Very accurate reconstruction of the "Borgata" spoken. It seems to be carried in 1975. The film is highly recommended!

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Lucia Gianeselli
2016/03/30

I was a little girl when Pasolini was murdered and when the news was spread by the newscast, my mother said: "It's impossible! Someone have killed him, they never could convince me that things went so". After forty years this film reveals the true sequence of the events and people who killed Pasolini. I appreciate David Grieco's honest approach. It seems to me that the director's effort is to give us the opportunity to understand the real questions behind Pasolini's murder and set us free to highlight this facts. David Grieco collected a lot of evidence in a sensitive way which I have appreciated in the choose of the sound track, in the photography and in the mounting of the film. Massimo Ranieri as Pasolini is really great with a degree of expressive intensity typical of a genuine talent. I appreciate also the young Alessandro Sardelli (Pino Pelosi) and the sophisticated and very elegant interpretation of Milena Vukotic (Susanna Colussi) and also the realistic and persuasive Tony Laudiadio as the Lawyer. The entire cast expresses an excellent performance.

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igunsamg
2016/03/31

If you want to understand what happened to Pier Paolo Pasolini, this is the right film. David Grieco leaves the viewer the chance to pick up the information that he gives. An accurate reconstruction that is not only fiction. Massimo Ranieri resembled Pasolini and he's extremely generous in this interpretation. Milena Vukotić's in her best interpretation. Every actor pursues his own interpretation impeccably. An extraordinary soundtrack (Pink Floyd), an engaging and emotionally mounting, especially in the end. It is a political and ethical film in the best way, it has its origins in Pasolini and Petri, but has its own strong originality. Grieco uses modern techniques to make the truth accessible and reachable for everyone who care. No one can abstain after watching this movie.

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