72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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I compagni / The Organizer

Mario Monicelli
Italy - France
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A group of late-19th century workers are fighting to shorten their 14-hour working day. Led by a socialist with a price on his head who urges them to go on an indefinite strike, the workers are taken aback at the violence to the conflict. The bosses take on a group of heavies and a leader of the struggle is killed by a train in a melee beside the station, while one of the workers is fatally wounded during abrutal assault by the police on the factory sit-in. Although they've got no choice but to go back to work, the labourers have realised the extent of the trouble they can cause if they just set their minds to it. 

Director
Mario Monicelli
Screenplay
Age (Agenore Incrocci), Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Photography
Giuseppe Rotunno
Edition
Ruggero Mastroianni
Music
Carlo Rustichelli
Cast
Marcelo Mastroianni, Annie Girardot, renato Salvatori, Folco Lulli
Running Time
126 m.
Country
Italy - France
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