Pietro Germi is one of the great unsung heroes of Italian cinema. Magnetic actor, brilliant writer and masterful director, he created some of the greatest masterpieces ever made in the Peninsula.
Un Maledetto Imbroglio, an adaptation of Gadda's seminal book, is not among those... but a minor Germi is still intriguing. It's a low-key drama / detective story set in a Roman underbelly brimming with life and chaos.
Here, Germi writer / director takes a backseat to Germi actor, whose keen, melancholic cop Ingravallo is the most interesting thing about the picture.
6,5/10
Un Maledetto Imbroglio, an adaptation of Gadda's seminal book, is not among those... but a minor Germi is still intriguing. It's a low-key drama / detective story set in a Roman underbelly brimming with life and chaos.
Here, Germi writer / director takes a backseat to Germi actor, whose keen, melancholic cop Ingravallo is the most interesting thing about the picture.
6,5/10