The film was released in China in 1980. When I saw it for a while, my impression was vague, I didn't know what to do, and I only felt some horror. Revisiting the film today, I was deeply touched by the heart. It is indeed shocking to feel that the judicial corruption in capitalist society is truly shocking.
Synopsis:
The lavish office building on Palais bichdo Street lies quietly like a giant beast. There was a dead silence, and suddenly, The killer Lipma, who had just been released from the asylum, climbed the stairs in a police uniform and walked quickly into a wide corridor. His hateful, cold eyes searched astutely.
At the bend, he threw away the coat he was carrying on his left arm, quickly loaded the magazine of the submachine gun, aimed at a folding door, kicked the door open, and broke into the office. Using the pillars in the room as cover, he fired violently at Lomono's seat. Lipma and Lomono were originally accomplices, and because Lomono had abused his sister, the two turned their faces, and Lomono sent him to an insane asylum. At this time, the red light on the alarm map of the police station division was turned on, and a harsh alarm sound was emitted. Poonnevia, the police chief who was already waiting at the command desk, and his assistant Gamino exchanged glances and immediately rushed to the scene of the accident. Lomono's office was a mess of corpses. Lipma and the three thugs who had ambushed the house were dead. Lomono was nowhere to be seen, and it was clear that he had been told the news of Ponnevia's release of Lipma, and he had laid a net in advance in his office.
The newly appointed prosecutor, Trajani, also arrived at the scene. He was young and confident, a serious, rigorous, and well-educated man. Bonnevia gave him a detailed account of the case. Lomono was a builder. Two years ago, he learned that there could be a big deal in the new urban construction plan, so he colluded with the mayor and others to buy the land planned to be built into a residential area at the price of three hundred lira per square meter of farmland. With vacant land, the municipal government used taxpayers' money to provide facilities such as water, electricity, sewers and other facilities to the area, and the price of land transfer was raised from 300 lira per square meter to 4,000 lira. Lomono and the mayor and others made a fortune from it, and if anyone came out to oppose this ugly matter, they would first warn and then threaten, and if they could not do it again, they would kill him. Sixty-three people had died. Ponavia captured Lomono three times, to no avail, and he remains at large. Trajani was touched by The sincerity and bluntness of Ponnevia, and he said with confidence: "Let's go this way together!" We can't change the world, but we should identify those who are guilty and punish them. At the same time, the people of Lomono also stepped up their grip on Trajani. They wanted to give him a penthouse apartment, a luxury apartment like this that Trajani's economy could not afford. The comer bluntly flattered that as long as it was through the old relationship, we could solve it by providing loans, and repay it in installments within twenty years. This is actually gift-giving! Trajani alertly refused.
In an in-depth investigation into Lomono's case, Trajani uncovered serious corruption among government officials. When he reported to the Attorney General Malta, the dignified general backstage calmly admonished Trajani to be cautious and to try to eliminate scandals that undermined the state apparatus and to prevent divisions in the state apparatus. To expose Lomono's crimes, Lipma's sister, Selena, who was once Lomono's mistress, is the only witness.
In order to kill people, Lomono sent his men to hunt her down everywhere. Meanwhile, Pontavia was looking for her. Through the inside line, Bonnevia finally found a pale, melancholy Selena in a slum apartment. Selena was like a frightened bird, her eyes dazed as she reached out to cover herself, as if defending herself, as if refusing to come closer to her, screaming for help. Pontavia whispered to her, "Serena, you don't remember me?" I'm Chief of Police Bonnevia. Selena looked back, tears in her panicked eyes. Finally, she recognized Pontavia, full of bitterness and grievances, and she covered her face and cried as if she had met a loved one. In the secret residence that Punnavia was looking for for Selena, a huge facial image of Lomono appeared on the screen of the slide. Senator Ricata and Mayor Nicottera's faces also flashed one by one. With each avatar appearing, Selena nodded her head deeply and confirmably. Selena told Bonnevia that they often talked together about big real estate deals and killing their opponents. When she was done, Pontavia stood up, turned off the slide, walked over to the door, and told Xena, "Don't call, don't call me, because someone is eavesdropping." Don't open the window, and don't open the door. Selena agreed to testify in court when the time came. Who exactly is Behind Lomono?
Bonnevia became suspicious of the Attorney General. Since Trajani had been under Malta's attention, Ponnavia decided to risk breaking the law by eavesdropping on Trajani's phone. But this was soon discovered. A distraught Trajani offered to prosecute him. Looking at the captured Gameno, Pontavia's heart was extremely heavy, and in order to make justice possible, he typed a confession to the prosecutor of the Republic with a typewriter. When Trajani and the senior inspector came to him with the police, he did not look up at the signs of nervousness that appeared around him, calmly signed his name on the typed confession, handed it to Trajani, and quickly walked out of the police station.
In a luxury hotel on the seashore, Lomono and his fox dog party are drinking and having fun, triumphantly celebrating the success of their plot. The sudden appearance of Bonnevia in front of them surprised them. Bonnevia was awe-struck and calmly announced. "I have good news for you, this time they are going to arrest me." Lomono thought that Pognavia was his defeated general and taunted him recklessly. Filled with indignation, Pontavia pulled out his gun and shot at Lomono, the bullet penetrated his left chest, and this heinous bandit, before he could say a word, fell to the right, ending his life full of evil.
Pontavia calmly walked out of the hotel and surrendered to the prison. At the same time, Trajani also stepped up the investigation activities, and finally found out the fact that a group of politicians had committed crimes en masse. The mayor was arrested. Trajani came to visit Pontavia in prison in good faith and asked him to try to get Selena to testify. At this time, the bandits also attacked Selena. One day, she was taking a bath in her reclusive apartment when there was a sudden knock at the door, and she put on a bath towel and alertly opened the door to a slit. The man said, "Go, Miss, the prosecutor wants to talk to you." Selena nodded, trying to close the door, and the stranger hurried to stop it, at which point the two bandits entered the room one after the other. Selena caught a glimpse of a large wooden box outside the door, sensed that she had been deceived, and hurriedly said, "I beg you, I am already pregnant..." She prayed and fell backwards. The bandit pounced on her and covered her mouth with a bath towel, a pair of thick hands pinching her throat, and Selena fell down after a desperate struggle and stopped breathing. The bandits picked up the large wooden box and lifted the body up and put it in. Selena's body was cast into cement prefabricated elements, mounted on buildings, and will never be found.
Trajani visits Pontavia again in prison, and Pontavia points out to the point that Serena's killer was killed. Because when Selena learned of Pontavia's arrest, she called Trajani to excuse Bonnevia, and only Marta was present. Guided by Pontavia, Trajani was determined to bring the case to light. But Bonnevia did not see the day coming. Once, as the prison inmates fished through the screening room to watch a movie, the two murderers quickly flashed behind the pillar at the corner of the aisle to intercept Bonnevia and pull him toward the darkness behind the pillar. They were the bodyguards of Lomono, the two most heinous murderers who had been sent to prison by Pontavia. They stabbed Pontavia in the upper abdomen. Pontavia lowered her head in pain and saw blood oozing from the wound he was holding and dripping to the ground, and then fell to the ground and died.
In the majestic hall of the Prosecutor's Office, the lights were bright. Attorney General Malta looked like a hero, huddled through the hall by many senior officials. Suddenly, at the top of the hall staircase, Trajani appeared. He held up a stack of papers solemnly, staring at him intently. Maltha left the retinue suspiciously and followed Trajani up the stairs. A life-and-death struggle continues, but who wins or loses between them remains a difficult mystery.