PERCOCO, THE FIRST MONSTER OF ITALY

PERCOCO - IL PRIMO MOSTRO D'ITALIA

By Pierluigi FERRANDINI

ALTRE STORIE - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World, ITALY / PROD

Thriller - Completed 2022

Bari,1956. At the dawn of the economic boom, twenty-six year old Franco Percoco, from an ordinary petit-bourgeois family, commits the first family massacre in the history of Italy in the 20th century. A psychological noir movie, inspired by the novel 'Percoco' by Marcello Introna (Mondadori Libri)

Festivals
& Awards

Bari International Film&tv Festival 2023
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Thriller, True Story
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pierluigi FERRANDINI
    • Writer(s)
    • Pierluigi FERRANDINI
    • Producer(s)
    • Cesare FRAGNELLI (Altre Storie), Rai CINEMA (Rai Cinema), Apulia FILM COMMISSION (APULIA FILM COMMISSION), Regione PUGLIA (REGIONE PUGLIA), Ministero DELLA CULTURA (MIC)
    • Synopsis
    • Bari, 1956. At the dawn of the economic boom, twenty-six year old Franco Percoco, from an ordinary petit-bourgeois family, committed the first family massacre in the history of Italy in the 20th century, and was dubbed 'The Monster of Bari'. A crime that has shocked public opinion and has been deliberately forgotten for years. The psychological noir movie is focused on the ten days immediately following the crime: those 'happy and damned days' in which Franco Percoco manages to turn out to be the 'good boy' he has always been, finally free to enjoy himself without his parents. Just as the facts tell us.
      Inspired by the novel 'Percoco' by Marcello Introna (published by Mondadori Libri)