''Romanzo di una strage'' (internationally released as ''Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy'') is a 2012 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It is loosely based on the book ''Il segreto di Piazza Fontana'' by Paolo Cucchiarelli. The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of

Giuseppe Pinelli Giuseppe "Pino" Pinelli (21 October 1928 – 15 December 1969) was an Italian railroad worker and anarchist, who died while being detained by Italian police in 1969. Pinelli was a member of the Milan-based anarchist association named Ponte ...

, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner

Luigi Calabresi Luigi Calabresi (14 November 1937 – 17 May 1972) was an Italian Police officer in Milan assassinated by far-left terrorists. This was one of the most important murders during the historical period of social turmoil and political violence in It ...

, who had led the investigation. In July 2012, ''Romanzo di una strage'' entered the

47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 29 June to 7 July 2012. The Crystal Globe was won by '' The Almost Man'', a Norwegian comedy film directed by Martin Lund. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by '' Pi ...

, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It was nominated to 16

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awards, and won three (for best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best visual effects). It also won three

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awards (for best script, best actor and best supporting actress) and two

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(for best supporting actor and best score).

Cast

Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular pa ...

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* Bob Marchese: the President Judge Carlo Biotti *

Fabrizio Gifuni Fabrizio Gifuni (born 16 July 1966) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and a David di Donatello Award. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the politician Gaetano, Gifuni enrolled at the Silvio D'Amic ...

: Aldo Moro *

Omero Antonutti Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyards Ant ...

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Laura Chiatti Laura Chiatti (born 15 July 1982, Castiglione del Lago, Italy) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the leading lady in two successful films: ''Ho voglia di te'', alongside Riccardo Scamarcio, and Paolo Sorrentino's third film ''The Family ...

: Gemma Calabresi * Stefano Scandaletti: Pietro Valpreda * Michela Cescon: Licia Pinelli * Giorgio Colangeli: Federico Umberto D'Amato * Luigi Lo Cascio: Judge Paolillo * Giorgio Tirabassi: the professor *

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Franco Freda Franco "Giorgio" Freda (born 11 February 1941) is one of the leading neo-Nazi and neo-Fascist intellectuals of the post-war Italian far-right. He founded a publishing house for neo-Nazi thought, and described himself as an admirer of Hitler. He ...

* Denis Fasolo: Giovanni Ventura *

Gianni Musy Giovanni Musy (August 3, 1931 – October 7, 2011) was an Italian actor and dubbing artist. Biography Born in Milan, the son of actors Enrico Glori and Gianna Pacetti, he started his career as a child actor at eleven years old. He studied at th ...

: confessor of Moro * Luca Zingaretti: the doctor *

Francesco Salvi Francesco Salvi (born 7 February 1953) is an Italian actor, singer, screenwriter, and director. Biography Born in the northern town of Luino, near the Italian border with Switzerland, Salvi started his career in the mid-1980s. His performance ...

: Cornelio Rolandi * Corrado Invernizzi: Judge Pietro Calogero

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* {{IMDb title, 1565068 2012 films 2012 drama films Films directed by Marco Tullio Giordana Italian historical drama films 2010s historical drama films Italian films based on actual events Films about terrorism Films about terrorism in Europe Films about miscarriage of justice Films set in Milan Depictions of Aldo Moro on film 2010s Italian-language films Films scored by Franco Piersanti Years of Lead (Italy) films