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Slap the Monster on Page One

Days before a general election a young girl is raped and murdered. Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonté, The Working Class Goes to Heaven), the editor of a right-wing newspaper uses the story to help the conservative candidate his paper supports. The tumultuous time of Italy’s ‘Years of Lead’ are captured in Marco Bellocchio’s powerful political drama which directly addressed topics of its day and even prefigured the creation of the right-wing paper Il giornale, which came into being two years after this film. In an age of media manipulation Slap the Monster on Page One has never been more relevant and stands proudly alongside such Italian activist classics as We Still Kill the Old Way and The Mattei Affair.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration of the film from the original negative by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Surf Film and Kavac Film, under the supervision of director Marco Bellocchio

• Uncompressed mono PCM audio

• Archival interview with Marco Bellocchio (20 mins)

• Newly filmed interview with critic and author Mario Sesti (2024, 25 mins)

• Appreciation by filmmaker Alex Cox (2024, 10 mins)

• Newly improved English subtitle translation

• Sleeve featuring design based on original posters

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Year: 1972
Cert: 15
Format: Blu-ray
Region: AB
RAD071BD
EAN: 5060974681358
Release date: 20/07/2026