Down and Dirty

Kraak! Have you ever seen a story that tightens around you like wind suddenly shifting between boats? Detenuto in attesa di giudizio is a film from 1971, directed by Nanni Loy and starring Alberto Sordi, in one of his rare dramatic roles.

Criii! This is not a comedy: it follows a surveyor — a professional who works with measurements and construction — who emigrated to Sweden and returns to Italy for a holiday.

Squa-squa! But at the border, everything changes: he is arrested and taken to San Vittore, a prison.

Kraak! What follows are interrogations and transfers between different prisons, like a boat carried by currents it cannot control.

Criii! And slowly, he realizes the harsh truth: he is accused of a murder he never committed.

Squa-squa! A story that stays with you, like salt on your skin, showing how suffocating a world can become when you cannot escape it.

Genre: Drama

Year: 1972

Director: Nanni Loy

Cast: Alberto Sordi