Title: Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die

Release Date: 10/31/2006

Label/Distributor: Facets

Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Prebook DVD: 10/10/2006

Retail Price: $24.95

Genre: Art House & International

Cast: Maria Antonietta Macciocchi, Laura Betti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, Bernardo Bertolucci

Director: Philo Bregstein

Running Time: 58

DVD Video Options: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color

DVD Audio Options: English, Original Language; Italian, Original Language; English, Subtitled

UPC Code: 736899102029

In 1975, controversial Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (ACCATONE,THE DECAMERON, SALO) was brutally murdered by Pino the Frog, a seventeen year-old male prostitute who claimed self-defense. Pasolini, an avowed Marxist and open homosexual as well as an outspoken critic of Italy's consumer culture and rampant political corruption, was admired by artists and intellectuals but reviled by conservative authorities. Documentary filmmaker Philo Bregstein probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding Pasolini's death to suggest a possible cover-up or conspiracy by right-wing groups. Interviews with Pasolini's peers and associates, including director Bernardo Bertolucci, actress Laura Betti, and writer Alberto Moravia, put the controversial filmmaker's life and career into perspective, along with photos, readings of his poetry, and clips from these films