It starts out with a methodical and unsensational killing spree, giving birth to "The Monster of Palermo." Naturally there's more to the case than meets the eye, not least a didactic meditation on the death penalty, with prompting from Dostoyevsky. And Gian Maria Volonte, a firebrand in his younger days and now looking frail and distinguished as an exemplary judge, gets to the bottom of it. Very, very slowly. With Ennio Fantastichini and Renato Carpentieri; directed by Gianni Amelio. (1990) — Duncan Shepherd
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