Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy vs The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.2/10 for Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy). Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 23m. The Castle of Sand is the older of the two (1974 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy posterPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy2012 VS The Castle of Sand posterThe Castle of Sand1974
Piazza Fontana: The Italian ConspiracyThe Castle of Sand
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.4/10
Year20121974
Length2h 9m2h 23m
GenresCrime, Drama, History, MysteryCrime, Drama, Mystery
Country––
DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaYoshitarō Nomura
Main castLuigi Lo Cascio, Pierfrancesco Favino, Giorgio Colangeli, Valerio Mastandrea, Sergio SolliKen Ogata, Tetsuro Tamba, Yoko Shimada, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshi Katō

Synopsis

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but a lone prosecutor uncovers a conspiracy of far-right groups, corrupt secret services, and other interests that seek to undermine democracy.

The Castle of Sand

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

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