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Movie poster: Percoco: Il Primo Mostro D’Italia (2023)
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Percoco: Il Primo Mostro D’Italia

2023 · 104 min Thriller Drama
5.8 / 10 · TMDB

Italian film directed by Pierluigi Ferrandini. On the night of May 26, 1956, a terrible bloody event occurred within the home. In Bari at the dawn of the economic boom, the twenty-six-year-old Franco Percoco, coming from a "normal" lower middle class family, carried out a family massacre - the first after the war to have great media coverage - and was consigned to the news as the "Monster of Bari ".

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Year 2023
Country Italy
Genre Thriller, Drama
Director Pierluigi Ferrandini
Runtime 104 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.8/10 (15 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative with a deliberate, almost clinical precision, relying on a stark contrast between the burgeoning economic optimism of the era and the private horror within the home. It explores the anatomy of a breakdown and the birth of a media spectacle.

What lingers after the credits is a profound unease about the fragility of normalcy and the shadows cast by societal pressures. A chilling study of how a monster is made. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Pierluigi Ferrandini

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Watch alone, with minimal distractions, to fully absorb the oppressive psychological tension.

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