Search - La Commare Secca [Criterion Collection] on DVD

Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1962 DVD Release: 02/01/2005 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Restored/Remastered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: Italian Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Criterion Members Wishing: 15 Genres: Mystery, Crime Drama, Police Detective Film

A very young Bernardo Bertolucci already shows his talent in this bleak, 94-minute murder mystery, told in an interesting series of flashbacks. A Roman prostitute has been brutally murdered in a park near the Tiber River and in order to forward their investigation, the police corner a handful of people who were in the park at the time. As they separately tell their versions of why they were there and what they did, their narrations do not necessarily match the images on the screen that do reflect the truth. By the time all the flashbacks have been completed, a real picture of the crime emerges, revealing that one of those in custody is the killer. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Gabriella Giorgetti - Esperia
Giancarlo de Rosa - Nino
Vincenzo Ciccora - Mayor
Alvaro D'Ercola - Francolicchio
Romano Labate - Pipito