PROPERTY IS NO LONGER A THEFT (1973) - Italian Cinema: The films of Elio Petri

Name: PROPERTY IS NO LONGER A THEFT (1973) - Italian Cinema: The films of Elio Petri
Start: 2026-02-04T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Cinema Arts Centre

Schedule

Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Cinema Arts Centre | Huntington, NY

Italian Cinema: The films of Elio Petri
PROPERTY IS NO LONGER A THEFT (1973)
Wednesday, February 4th at 7:30 PM
With post film discussion hosted by Vincenzo Selleri, professor at Farmingdale State College
Money is the root of all evil in the third film in a loose trilogy that also includes Elio Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Working Class Goes to Heaven. This barbed satire concerns a bank clerk (Flavio Bucci), who after being denied a loan by his employer, launches a campaign of harassment against a wealthy butcher (Ugo Tognazzi). Quitting his job, he devotes all of his time to tormenting the butcher, stealing his possessions one-by-one—including his mistress (Daria Nicolodi). (Italy, France, 1973, 126 mins, Italian | Dir Elio Petri)