I Am Afraid

Io ho paura

Italy

1977

120 Min

Color

1.85:1

Italian

Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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PROD Aurelio De Laurentiis, Luigi De Laurentiis

SCR Damiano Damiani, Nicola Badalucco

CAST Gian Maria Volontè, Erland Josephson, Mario Adorf, Angelica Ippolito, Bruno Corazzari, Joe Sentieri., Giorgio Cerioni, Paola Arduini, Laura Trotter, Laura De Marchi, Paolo Malco, Raffaele Di Mario, Aldo Valletti, Sergio Serafini, Francesco D'Adda, Aldo Farina, Giuseppe Fazio, Claudio Zucchet, Luciano Rossi

MUSIC Riz Ortolani

Synopsis

Gian Maria Volonté is touchingly convincing as a policeman who uncovers corruption and begins to live in great fear for his life. —IMDb

Director

Damiano Damiani

Damiano Damiani (born 23 July 1922) is an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. He was born in Pasiano di Pordenone, Friuli

Damiani began making short documentaries in the late ‘40s, and was writing and assistant directing features by the mid-’50s. He debuted as a director in 1960 with the prize-winning Il Rossetto (aka Lipstick), and over the decade helmed such offbeat films as the Alberto Moravia adaptation La Noia (aka The Empty Canvas) with Bette Davis, the occult romance La Strega In Amore (aka The Witch), and the violent spaghetti western Quien Sabe? (aka A Bullet for the General).
His contribution to the Italian political cinema, it was very important, with such films as Il Giorno della Civetta (aka The Day of the Owl), Io Ho Paura (aka I Am Afraid), Perchè si uccide un magistrato (aka How To Kill A Judge), L’istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi! (aka The Case Is Closed, Forget It), and much more…

His later films include the crime drama Confessione… read more

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9Oct11

Well Hollywood had the Parallex view and Three days of the Condor but Italy could boast the equally superb Francesco Rosi film Cadaveri Eccellenti and this tense masterwork which is perhaps the best film Damiani ever did. You could not really ask for a better cast than Volonte', Josephson and Mario adorf. The film is effective partly due to the fact the we genuinely believe Volonte' fears for his life