December 12th

December 12th (1972)

12 dicembre

On December 12th, 1969 a bomb went off at the Piazza Fontana in Milan that killed 16 people and injured 84. Railway worker and anarchist activist Giuseppe Pinelli was picked up, along with other anarchists, for questioning regarding the attack. He was held and interrogated for three days, longer than Italian law specified that people could be held without seeing a judge. Just before midnight on December 15, 1969 Pinelli was seen to fall to his death from a fourth floor window of the Milan police station. Although officially deemed a suicide, the reporter who watched the fall from the street maintained that he was pushed. Three police officers interrogating Pinelli were put under investigation in 1971 for murder but charges were dropped because of lack of evidence.

Date of release
1972-05-20
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
42m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Giovanni Bonfanti, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Casting

Interesting facts

12 dicembre, also known as Dodici dicembre, is a 1972 documentary film directed by Giovanni Bonfanti and Pier Paolo Pasolini (uncredited).

Production

The film was made by Pier Paolo Pasolini on the proposal and with the collaboration of some militants of Lotta Continua, a formation of the communist-oriented far-left. During the making of the film, there were creative differences between Pasolini and the group's management. Pasolini wanted to make a denunciation film which would focus on the anthropological and social aspect of the country during that period.

Filming began on December 12, 1970 and concluded in June of the following year. It took place in the quarries of Carrara, in Milan, Viareggio, Naples and at the Musocco cemetery, Pinelli's burial place. The film was financed by Alberto Grimaldi.

During filming, 80,000m of film was used, but only 4000m was edited; the remainder is considered lost. The montage was carried out entirely by Pasolini.

The music in the film was composed by Pino Masi, then a member of Lotta Continua.

In order to avoid any potential problems with the law, Pasolini and Grimaldi decided to leave their names out of the film's credits.

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