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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

Directed by Elio Petri · Cinematography by Luigi Kuveiller

R115 min63 frames

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What is Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion about?

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a 1970 Italian satirical crime thriller film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, black-humored satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his mistress, and then tests whether the police would charge him for this crime. He begins manipulating the investigation by planting obvious clues while the other police officers ignore them, either intentionally or not.

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Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and close-ups (32%). Cinematographer Luigi Kuveiller keeps 46% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) are #2e2d2d, #534f4e, #d4d2cd, #f1f1f1, #121312, #908e8b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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