Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
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Z was only his third feature but his first political project, and though it followed in a tradition that included Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano (among others), was a risk.