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(Redirected from Fatti di gente perbene) 1974 film by Mauro Bolognini

The Murri Affair
Italian theatrical release poster

Italian	Fatti di gente perbene

Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Written by	Sergio Bazzini
Produced by	Giovanni Di Clemente
Starring	Giancarlo Giannini Catherine Deneuve Fernando Rey Tina Aumont Rina Morelli Ettore Manni Paolo Bonacelli Giacomo Rossi Stuart Lino Troisi Laura Betti Corrado Pani Marcel Bozzuffi
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production companies	Filmarpa Lira Films
Distributed by	PAC (Italy) Lugo Films (France) Atlantic Releasing (U.S.)
Release dates	28 September 1974 (1974-09-28) (Italy) 2 April 1975 (1975-04-02) (France)
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

The Murri Affair (Italian: Fatti di gente perbene, lit. 'Facts of Decent People'; French: La grande bourgeoise, lit. 'The Great Bourgeois') is a 1974 historical drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve. It is based on real events of a notorious 1902 murder trial. It was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Film.

Plot

Linda Murri, the daughter of a liberal wealthy family, was raised under lenient sexual mores, and now is suffocating in a marriage to a conservative doctor. Her brother, an intense young man who wastes his time on whores and gambling, can no longer watch his sister suffer. He plots the murder of her husband, and through the crime lays bare a society feeding on unspeakable passions and illicit actions.

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini as Tullio Murri
Catherine Deneuve as Linda Murri
Fernando Rey as Augusto Murri
Tina Aumont as Rosa Bonetti
Rina Morelli as Giannina Murri
Ettore Manni as Dr. Carlo Secchi
Paolo Bonacelli as Francesco Bonmartini
Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Riccardo Murri
Laura Betti as Tisa Borghi
Corrado Pani as Pio Naldi
Marcel Bozzuffi as Inspector Stanzani
Lino Troisi

Reception

Film Critic John Simon wrote "La Grande Bourgeoise is, like most of the films of Mauro Bolognini, failed art, the sort of thing that leaves a bad taste in the soul".

References

Witcombe, Rick Trader (1982). The New Italian Cinema: Studies in Dance and Despair. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019520381X.
Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
Simon, John (1983). John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years Of Films From Abroad. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 353.

External links

The Murri Affair at IMDb

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Films directed by Mauro Bolognini

v t e David di Donatello Award for Best Film
1970–2000	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion / Metello (1970) The Conformist / The Garden of the Finzi-Continis / Waterloo (1971) This Kind of Love / The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1972) Alfredo, Alfredo / Ludwig (1973) Amarcord / Bread and Chocolate (1974) Conversation Piece / The Murri Affair (1975) Illustrious Corpses (1976) An Average Little Man / The Desert of the Tartars (1977) In the Name of the Pope King / Il prefetto di ferro (1978) Christ Stopped at Eboli / To Forget Venice / The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1979) I'm Starting from Three (1981) Talcum Powder (1982) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1983) And the Ship Sails On / Le Bal (1984) Carmen (1985) Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) The Family (1987) The Last Emperor (1988) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1989) Open Doors (1990) Mediterraneo / Towards Evening (1991) The Stolen Children (1992) The Great Pumpkin (1993) Caro diario (1994) La scuola (1995) August Vacation (1996) The Truce (1997) Life Is Beautiful (1998) Fuori Dal Mondo (1999) Bread and Tulips (2000)
2001–present	The Son's Room (2001) The Profession of Arms (2002) Facing Windows (2003) The Best of Youth (2004) The Consequences of Love (2005) The Caiman (2006) The Unknown Woman (2007) The Girl by the Lake (2008) Gomorrah (2009) The Man Who Will Come (2010) We Believed (2011) Caesar Must Die (2012) The Best Offer (2013) Human Capital (2014) Black Souls (2015) Perfect Strangers (2016) Like Crazy (2017) Love and Bullets (2018) Dogman (2019) The Traitor (2020) Hidden Away (2021) The Hand of God (2022) The Eight Mountains (2023) Io capitano (2024)

David di Donatello Award for Best Film

1970–2000

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion / Metello (1970)
The Conformist / The Garden of the Finzi-Continis / Waterloo (1971)
This Kind of Love / The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1972)
Alfredo, Alfredo / Ludwig (1973)
Amarcord / Bread and Chocolate (1974)
Conversation Piece / The Murri Affair (1975)
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
An Average Little Man / The Desert of the Tartars (1977)
In the Name of the Pope King / Il prefetto di ferro (1978)
Christ Stopped at Eboli / To Forget Venice / The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1979)
I'm Starting from Three (1981)
Talcum Powder (1982)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1983)
And the Ship Sails On / Le Bal (1984)
Carmen (1985)
Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
The Family (1987)
The Last Emperor (1988)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1989)
Open Doors (1990)
Mediterraneo / Towards Evening (1991)
The Stolen Children (1992)
The Great Pumpkin (1993)
Caro diario (1994)
La scuola (1995)
August Vacation (1996)
The Truce (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1998)
Fuori Dal Mondo (1999)
Bread and Tulips (2000)

2001–present

The Son's Room (2001)
The Profession of Arms (2002)
Facing Windows (2003)
The Best of Youth (2004)
The Consequences of Love (2005)
The Caiman (2006)
The Unknown Woman (2007)
The Girl by the Lake (2008)
Gomorrah (2009)
The Man Who Will Come (2010)
We Believed (2011)
Caesar Must Die (2012)
The Best Offer (2013)
Human Capital (2014)
Black Souls (2015)
Perfect Strangers (2016)
Like Crazy (2017)
Love and Bullets (2018)
Dogman (2019)
The Traitor (2020)
Hidden Away (2021)
The Hand of God (2022)
The Eight Mountains (2023)
Io capitano (2024)

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