''Could It Happen Here?'' ( it, Italia: ultimo atto?) is a 1977 Italian
political fiction thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
written and directed by
Massimo Pirri
Massimo Pirri (10 November 1945 – 20 June 2001) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Campagnano di Roma, Pirri entered the cinema industry as an actor, playing very minor roles while he was completing his ...
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Plot
Rome, 1977. In a more and more confused climate, between popular discontent and difficulties of the government, a terrorist group is training his men in anticipation of a major military action: the elimination of the
Minister of the Interior
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
. At one point, the organization decides to abandon the plan, as it is believed that a massacre would not improve the condition of the poorer classes. But Mara, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, Ferruccio, a young professor, and Bruno, a drifter guy, do not want to withdraw. On their own initiative they will make the attempt, which will be end into a massacre. The minister dies, and with him many members of his entourage as well as the same Bruno. Mara and Ferruccio manage to escape through a Rome becoming lawless. Once in a den they eventually opt to shoot each other, while outside the tanks parading through the streets: the coup started.
Cast
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Luc Merenda
Luc Charles Olivier Merenda (born 3 September 1943) is a French film actor.
He was one of the most prominent actors of the Italian poliziotteschi genre, working several times with Sergio Martino and Fernando Di Leo. He is of Italian origin thr ...
as Ferruccio
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Marcella Michelangeli as Mara
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Andrea Franchetti as Bruno
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Lou Castel
Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films.
Life and career
The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fa ...
as Marco
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Ines Pellegrini
Ines Pellegrini (born on 7 November 1954) is an Italian retired actress of Eritrean origin.
Life and career
Though born in Milan, Pelligrini spent her childhood in Eritrea, attending Italian schools, before returning to Italy with her adopti ...
as The Student on Park Bench
See also
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List of Italian films of 1977
References
External links
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1977 films
Italian thriller films
Films about terrorism
Films set in 1977
Political fiction
Films set in Rome
Films scored by Lallo Gori
1970s thriller films
1970s Italian-language films
1970s Italian films
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