MovieChat Forums > Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) Discussion > The end... (spoilers)

The end... (spoilers)

posted 13 years ago by RioRep
5 replies | jump to latest

I didn´t get the end of this movie.

Ok, they choosed to deny his guilty. But the last scene is like he was receiving the authorities all over again in his house. Why? Any thoughts?

[–] LudwA 13 years ago

yup this got me wondering as well. i loved the scene where they are denying his guilt, what's the point of the scene afterwards? (sorry tandebsj basically repeating what you said)

[–] kriss_kringle 13 years ago

I think he's dreaming or imagining the scene where they're denying his guilt because either way you put it they can't do anything to him.That would ruin their reputations,their judicial system etc and he's aware of that when they come in the scene afterwards.

[–] media-104 13 years ago

i think he knows that he is in total power and outsmarts the system. he knows how the system works and is able to toy with it on systemic and psychological levels. in my oppinion he is basically imagining (probably correctly) how its gonna be before it happens, when all his colleagues are around. because he is imagine it, its shown in a surreal way, like when they get him to sign his innocence. this movie is great!!!!!!!

[–] Prof_Lostiswitz 12 years ago

It's purely symbolic. Drawing down the blinds on their gathering symbolizes the concealed, underhanded nature of the justice system.

Augusta's final appearance is obviously an hallucination - it is interesting to speculate on how many other scenes might also be.

[–] pninson 10 years ago

According to an interview on the Criterion disc, the sequence in which Volonte "confesses" is a nightmare (he falls asleep, the sequence occurs, and then we see him sleeping again).

So, with the blinds being drawn, we are left to speculate as to what really happened.

We report, you decide; but we decide what to report.