1977 · icaic · feminist · docufiction
One Way or Another
Directed by Elio Petri2h 5m1977
Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
Our read: One Way or Another (1977) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive icaic · feminist · docufiction entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured icaic / feminist, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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