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For conservative tabloid editor Giancarlo Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonte), there wasnt much he wouldnt do to move more copies, or gin up his readerships anger. After a womans brutal assault and murder, with elections pending, he and his staffers are quick to get involved in the investigation... and to wrongly finger a known student radical as the perpetrator. Marco Bellocchios charged thriller co-stars Laura Betti, Fabio Garriba, Corrado Solari, John Steiner. 86 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Italian; Subtitles: English; featurettes. In Italian with English subtitles.