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''The Moro Affair'' ( it, Il caso Moro) is a 1986 Italian crime film directed by
Giuseppe Ferrara Giuseppe Ferrara (15 July 1932 – 25 June 2016) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.kidnapping of Aldo Moro in 1978.


Plot

Italy, 1978. The days of the imprisonment of
Aldo Moro Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy (DC). He served as prime minister of Italy from December 1963 to June 1968 and then from November 1974 to July 1 ...
, a Christian Democrat statesman kidnapped and murdered by the
Red Brigades The Red Brigades ( it, Brigate Rosse , often abbreviated BR) was a far-left Marxist–Leninist armed organization operating as a terrorist and guerrilla group based in Italy responsible for numerous violent incidents, including the abduction ...
. A work discussed and contradictory that outshines the politician Moro to focus on the human drama.


Cast

* Gian Maria Volonté as
Aldo Moro Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy (DC). He served as prime minister of Italy from December 1963 to June 1968 and then from November 1974 to July 1 ...
*
Mattia Sbragia Mattia Sbragia (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian character actor. Biography The son of the actor and stage director Giancarlo, Sbragia has been performing in films, on television, and in the theater for almost thirty years. He made his motion p ...
as 1st Brigadist *
Bruno Zanin Bruno Zanin (born 9 April 1951 in Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy) is an Italian film, theatre and TV actor and writer. Life and career Child of farmers and the sixth of seven brothers, Zanin studied at a school run by priests up to the age of fourteen ...
as 2nd Brigadist *
Consuelo Ferrara Consuelo or Consuela may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Consuelo'' (novel), an 1842–1843 novel by George Sand * Consuela (''Family Guy''), a character in ''Family Guy'' *"Consuelo", a 2002 song by Belle and Sebastian from ''Storytelling'' ...
as 3rd Brigadist *
Enrica Maria Modugno Enrica Maria Modugno (born 5 August 1958 in Rome) is an Italian actress. She is most noted for her roles in Brothers Taviani's " Kaos" (1984), '' The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita)'', for which she received a Ciak d'oro nomination for Best Ac ...
as 4th Brigadist * Enrica Rosso as 5th Brigadist * Maurizio Donadoni as 6th Brigadist * Stefano Abbati as 7th Brigadist * Danilo Mattei as 8th Brigadist * Massimo Tedde as 9th Brigadist * Francesco Capitano as 10th Brigadist *
Margarita Lozano Margarita de las Flores Lozano Jiménez (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2022) was a Spanish actress known for her career in Italian films. She worked for Luis Buñuel in '' Viridiana'', Sergio Leone in ''A Fistful of Dollars'', Pier Paolo Pas ...
as Nora Moro *
Sergio Rubini Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature ...
as Giovanni Moro * Daniela De Silva as Maria Fida Moro * Emanuela Taschini as Anna Moro


Release

The film was released in Italy on 20 November 1986.


References


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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...
1986 films 1980s crime films Crime films based on actual events Italian crime films 1980s Italian-language films Films about terrorism in Europe Films directed by Giuseppe Ferrara Films scored by Pino Donaggio Films set in 1978 Films set in Italy Depictions of Aldo Moro on film 1980s Italian films {{1980s-crime-film-stub