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Todo modo (1976)

Todo modo poster
Directed by
Elio Petri
Genre
drama film, polemical lampoon
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
VM14
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 177 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A politician and a priest meet at an isolated retreat where a series of mysterious deaths occur. The film satirizes political corruption and religious hypocrisy in 1970s Italy.

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What happens

Todo modo (lit. "By all means"), also known in English as One Way or Another, is a 1976 Italian satirical political drama film directed by Elio Petri starring Gian Maria Volonté and Marcello Mastroianni. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Leonardo Sciascia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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