

Premiere
19
Oct1972
About
Synopsis
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972) is an Italian political thriller by Marco Bellocchio — watch online on iFILM. Made as Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina during Italy's turbulent early-1970s political climate, the film opens days before a general election: a young woman's body has been found in the woods near Milan.
The editor-in-chief of a right-wing tabloid — Gian Maria Volonté at his most controlled and cold — sees the case as a gift. A suspect from the far left, a front-page headline, and no questions about the facts. Bellocchio packed the film with actual political figures of the era and built a precise anatomy of how a newspaper turns a murder into a campaign tool. It holds up. Stream Slap the Monster on Page One online on iFILM.
Cast
Starring

Gian Maria Volonté
Bizanti

Fabio Garriba
Roveda

Carla Tatò
Sig.ra Bizanti

Jacques Herlin
Lauri

John Steiner
Ing. Montelli

Michel Bardinet
Vanzina

Jean Rougeul
Direttore de 'Il Giornale'

Corrado Solari
Mario Boni

Laura Betti
Rita Zigai
Enrico DiMarco
Commissario
Silvia Kramar
Maria Grazia Martini
Massimo Patrone
Bidello

Gianni Solaro
Italo Martini

Luigi Antonio Guerra
Speaker conferenza stampa in difesa di Boni

Marco Bellocchio
Compagno che incita alla calma (uncredited)

Ignazio La Russa
Se stesso - Oratore (uncredited)

Gisella Burinato
Segretaria di redazione de 'Il Giornale' (uncredited)

Gérard Boucaron
Questore (uncredited)

Joris Muzio
Mayor (uncredited)

Marco Bellocchio
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