The Ploy

In my opinion this film is very interesting in order to understand the 70's Italian decade and to understand Pasolini's murderer. I think that this film is well played: I appreciate the work of every actor. Matteo Taranto and his quotation of Gian Maria Volonté impressed me a lot: I think that the remind to the film "Indagine di un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto" is precious. It's great that the director makes you observe the situation and then make you understand that you have all the elements to put together the potential truth. Some scenes are very touching and sensitive and are well constructed, especially the final sequence. Great film, highly recommended!

I saw the movie in DVD and it has fully fascinated me. In the box there is also a second DVD containing several extra contributions: it has been useful to understand many things that I had only guessed watching the movie. Now I am very upset about what happened to Pasolini, it's amazing his honest sacrifice and it's appalling the cruelty with which they decided to kill him in every sense. The movie has sequences simply moving, you have to be very careful to follow what's going on. I am sincerely touched by the talent of the actors and I hope to have soon the opportunity to watch this movie on a screen of a cinema: Why did I have to wait for the DVD to watch it? Highly recommended

I was a little girl when Pasolini was murdered and when the news was spread by the newscast, my mother said: "It's impossible! Someone have killed him, they never could convince me that things went so". After forty years this film reveals the true sequence of the events and people who killed Pasolini. I appreciate David Grieco's honest approach. It seems to me that the director's effort is to give us the opportunity to understand the real questions behind Pasolini's murder and set us free to highlight this facts. David Grieco collected a lot of evidence in a sensitive way which I have appreciated in the choose of the sound track, in the photography and in the mounting of the film. Massimo Ranieri as Pasolini is really great with a degree of expressive intensity typical of a genuine talent. I appreciate also the young Alessandro Sardelli (Pino Pelosi) and the sophisticated and very elegant interpretation of Milena Vukotic (Susanna Colussi) and also the realistic and persuasive Tony Laudiadio as the Lawyer. The entire cast expresses an excellent performance.

I was skeptical when I heard about the new film on Pasolini's death. I do not like the word "conspiracy", I have always been cautious about. But when I saw the David Grieco's film I have been upset by the honest reconstruction of the murder of Pasolini and I understand that it is normal to be wary when you are in front of a submerged truth, you feel insecure. I believe that David Grieco has done a great movie, we deserve a Cinema that can make us aware. The mud machine that tried to destroy Pasolini is terrible. This film shows it without any rhetoric, everyone can understand the film and what it brings out, even young people. I think guys have just to see it, indeed. Also it is an elegant film. You will remain very touched by the sweetness of Massimo Ranieri and Milena Vukotić. Excellent Roberto Citran and Libero De Rienzo too. Brilliant idea the use of Pink Floid's music for the soundtrack, you'll really know ​what were those years. The special effects are a punch: the final sequence is truly visionary. After watching David Grieco's film I need to watch again all of Pasolini's works. Now I want to know the truth about his murder and I am sure that the great Cinema never leaves us alone.

If you want to understand what happened to Pier Paolo Pasolini, this is the right film. David Grieco leaves the viewer the chance to pick up the information that he gives. An accurate reconstruction that is not only fiction. Massimo Ranieri resembled Pasolini and he's extremely generous in this interpretation. Milena Vukotić's in her best interpretation. Every actor pursues his own interpretation impeccably. An extraordinary soundtrack (Pink Floyd), an engaging and emotionally mounting, especially in the end. It is a political and ethical film in the best way, it has its origins in Pasolini and Petri, but has its own strong originality. Grieco uses modern techniques to make the truth accessible and reachable for everyone who care. No one can abstain after watching this movie.