We Still Kill the Old Way

1967 [ITALIAN]

Crime / Drama / Mystery

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 63% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 2129 2.1K

love triangle political killing

Director

Elio Petri Photo
Elio Petri

Top cast

Giovanni Pallavicino Photo
Giovanni Pallavicino as Raganà
Valentino Macchi Photo
Valentino Macchi as
Irene Papas Photo
Irene Papas as Luisa Roscio
Gian Maria Volonté Photo
Gian Maria Volonté as Prof. Paolo Laurana
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859.8 MB
1280*690
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 5
1.56 GB
1920*1036
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Bunuel1976 7 / 10

We Still Kill The Old Way (Elio Petri, 1967) ***

Goodish blend of Mafia movie (still pretty much uncharted territory at the time) and political thriller, with a hesitant romance thrown in for good measure; the result is generally absorbing, thanks largely to uniformly excellent performances, gleaming location photography (Sicily, of course) and a wonderful score by the ever-reliable Luis Enrique Bacalov. Heading the cast is Gian Maria Volonte': the film launched the political/social conscience phase of his career after a stint doing Spaghetti Westerns. His character is that of an intellectual loner who finds himself in over his head when he starts probing into the assassination of two friends – including philanderer Luigi Pistilli – which leads to his falling for the other's wife (Irene Papas). Though the identity of the villain (as ever, an eminent member of the community and far closer to the hero than he envisaged) comes as no real surprise, the investigation – involving, among other things, the hushed participation of cleric and senator alike – and the disquieting revelations that emerge from it, lends the whole a deeply cynical tone (culminating in the downbeat climax depicting Volonte''s own extreme fate) while cementing the Mafia's reputation as strictly a 'family business'. The Italian DVD includes an interesting half-hour featurette detailing the making and reception of the award-winning film (including the fact that the author of the source novel, Leonardo Sciascia, was dissatisfied with how the script turned out); the interviewees are co-scriptwriter Ugo Pirro, the wife of the late Elio Petri, and composer Bacalov (who is regretful that, given his felicitous working relationship with the director here, the opportunity never arose for another collaboration).
Reviewed by Eumenides_0 7 / 10

The Deadly Game of Searching for the Truth

Reviewed by PimpinAinttEasy 7 / 10

A Sicilain tragicomedy and murder mystery

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