SACCO AND VANZETTI

[Machine Translation] The Sacco Vanzetti case is a notorious false accusation that actually occurred in the United States in the 1920s. The entire trial, filled with racial and ideological discrimination and prejudice, has been unflinchingly filmed by the brilliant director Giuliano Montaldo. Riccardo Cucciola, who played Sacco, won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Interfraternity Film Festival for his powerful performance. The film's music was composed by the master Ennio Morricone, and Joan Baez, who was in favor of the film, co-wrote two theme songs with Morricone ("Hymn to Victory" and "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti"), which created a great deal of publicity. This masterpiece drama depicts the "problem of false accusations" that still exists today. Now on Blu-ray for the first time! --In 1920, discrimination against Italian immigrants and labor problems were being reported in Boston. Nicola Sacco, a shoemaker, and Bartolomeo Venzetti, a fish peddler, are unluckily arrested by the police for carrying a pistol for self-defense. Despite their complete innocence, they are accused of a cash robbery and murder they have no knowledge of, simply because they are Italian immigrant anarchists. However, the testimonies and evidence presented one after the other prove that they are the culprits. The two are eventually found guilty, but...

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1920年代のアメリカで実際に起こった悪名高き冤罪事件"サッコ=ヴァンゼッティ事件"。その人種的、思想的差別と偏見に満ちた裁判の一部始終を、鬼才ジュリアーノ・モンタルド監督が冷徹に映画化。サッコ役のリカルド・クッチョーラが迫真の演技で、1971年のカンヌ交際映画祭で男優賞を受賞した。名匠エンニオ・モリコーネが音楽を担当し、また本作に賛同したジョーン・バエズが主題歌2曲 (「勝利への讃歌」「サッコとヴァンゼッティのバラード」)をモリコーネと共作し、大きな話題を呼んだ。今も厳然と存在する「冤罪問題」を真正面から描いた名作ドラマ。初Blu-ray化! ――1920年、イタリア移民への差別と労働問題が叫ばれていたボストン。靴職人のニコラ・サッコと魚行商人のバルトロメオ・ヴェンゼッティは、運悪く護身用のピストルを携帯していた廉で警察に逮捕される。全くの無実にもかかわらず、イタリア移民のアナーキストという理由だけで、ふたりはまるで身に覚えのない現金強盗殺人事件の容疑者にされてしまう。だが次々に提示される証言・証拠は、ことごとく彼らが犯人であることを示していた。やがてふたりに有罪の判決が下されるが・・・。

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