The Mattei Affair
Why this pick
Rosi again turns real power networks into a rigorous, investigative crime chronicle, using a cool procedural style and fragmented reconstruction rather than conventional gangster glamour.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Rosi again turns real power networks into a rigorous, investigative crime chronicle, using a cool procedural style and fragmented reconstruction rather than conventional gangster glamour.
Why this pick
A tense, unsentimental dissection of corruption and influence, driven by Rosi’s incisive ensemble staging and institutional viewpoint rather than a single heroic protagonist.
Why this pick
Rosi channels the same skeptical intelligence into a more ominous conspiracy thriller, where an investigator moves through a meticulously observed landscape of political power.
Why this pick
Elio Petri offers a sharper, more feverish companion piece: a crime film whose suspense comes from watching authority, ego and institutional impunity collide.
Why this pick
Though centered on labor rather than organized crime, its abrasive political urgency, darkly satirical edge and probing view of systems make it a natural Rosi-era follow-up.
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01 / THE STORY
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Colonel Charles Poletti
Contessa
Italian Captain
Igea Lissoni

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Gene Giannini
Vito Genovese