Property Is No Longer a Theft

Property Is No Longer a Theft
Property Is No Longer a Theft
Directed by	Elio Petri
Screenplay by	Elio Petri; Ugo Pirro;
Story by	Elio Petri; Ugo Pirro;
Produced by	Claudio Mancini
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi; Flavio Bucci; Daria Nicolodi;
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	Quasars Film Company; Labrador Films;
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1 July 1973 (Italy);
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	Italy; France;
Language	Italian

Property Is No Longer a Theft (Italian: La proprietà non è più un furto) is a 1973 Italian-French comedy drama film directed by Elio Petri.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Total, a young bank cashier, is allergic to money and feels only contempt for his customers who in his eyes built their wealth on criminal or corrupt activities. After witnessing an armed robbery in his bank, he resigns from his job and turns to theft. He stalks a former client, butcher Macellaio, who for him represents the evils of capitalism, and robs him of his valuables: first Macellaio's butcher knife and hat, then his jewellery, money, car and even his mistress Anita. When Macellaio identifies his pursuer, he tries to pay Total off, but the latter resists and teams up with professional thief Albertone instead. Total continues on his path, the spoliation of other people's property, until he is stopped by Macellaio who kills him in an elevator.

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi as Macellaio, the butcher
Flavio Bucci as Total
Daria Nicolodi as Anita
Salvo Randone as Total's father
Mario Scaccia as Albertone
Julien Guiomar as bank director
Jacques Herlin as bank employee
Gigi Proietti as Paco
Orazio Orlando as Pirelli
Ettore Garofolo as Bocio
Gino Milli as Zaganè
Cecilia Polizzi as Mafalda
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Ada Pometti

Release

Property Is No Longer a Theft was screened in competition at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Curti, Roberto (2021). Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 9781476680347.
^ "La proprietà non è più un furto". Cinematografo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ Lang, Simon (2023). Ästhetik und Politik im Werk des italienischen Filmregisseurs Elio Petri. edition text + kritik. ISBN 9783967078770.
^ "Property Is No Longer a Theft". Film Affinity. Retrieved 21 February 2017.