Watch out, spoilers!
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I have always loved Italian films, including Italian comedies, perhaps because of their not always pure comedy, often there is a kind of mix of genres. At one time, I watched several films by the famous Italian director Luigi Comencini - "Everybody Go Home", "Riding Tiger", "Scientific Card Game", "Crime in the Name of Love", "Sunday Woman", "Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Night", "Bread, Love and Fantasy", which I liked. I came across a movie called “Who Killed the Cat?” Il gatto, 1977. After reading the data, I watched and was satisfied, I liked the film.
In one rather old house, which has views of a certain developer, its owners - brother Amedeo (Ugo Toniazzi) and sister Ophelia (Mariangela Melato), living in a state of love-hate for each other, who in this case will receive a large amount of money, can not get rid of some tenants who stubbornly do not want to leave their apartments, although sometimes they owe rent. And then they go to all sorts of tricks, often sewn with white threads, which nevertheless lead to unexpected consequences, including tragic ones. Then one day they find their cat dead, which some residents have already attempted. They go to the police to investigate the murder. There, of course, no one took this seriously, then they undertake to investigate this crime themselves, especially since the sister has always been a fan of detectives. During the investigation, many different circumstances are revealed, including several real crimes. All this happens in a rather hectic environment, they are often not believed (in vain), for which distrustful police officers themselves will pay. And here it would seem that the goal is achieved, but in life there is always a place for surprises.
I think Hugo Tognazzi needs no introduction, everyone knows him well, as well as Mariangela Melato, whom I have long paid attention to in the films of Lina Wertmüller, which I love very much. To top it all off, the music for the film was written by Ennio Morricone.