Dillinger è morto (translated title Dillinger Is Dead) is a 1969 Italian film by Marco Ferreri.
Its main character, played by Michel Piccoli, is Glauco, a bored bourgeois. Dissatisfied with his high-paying job, he spends most of his free time idle in his apartment. When he eventually rouses himself to action, the result is destructive.
Annie Girardot plays Sabina, the maid.
Tropes
- Chekhov's Gun: The character plays with his gun for long periods of time, eventually using it for murder.
- Downer Ending: Played with. After Glauco kills his wife, he boards a yacht and is engaged as a cook. For him the ending is not sad. So far.
- Karma Houdini: Implied in-universe though it is absolutely certain that the police will suspect Glauco of the murder of his wife.
- Manchild: Glauco definitely has shades of this.
- Non-Indicative Title: Dillinger is only mentioned in an old newspaper in which the revolver is wrapped. He otherwise seemingly has nothing to do with the film.
- Only One Name: The surnames for Glauco and Anita are not revealed.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Glauco, played by Michel Piccoli, is masculine enough (if of the Manchild variety) but wears a pink pullover as well as a red apron when he cooks his dinner.
- Revolvers Are Just Better: Played very straight as the character finds the old revolver and is fascinated with the gun.
- Silence Is Golden: The character mostly remains silent — however considering how this film ends, it is uncertain whether it is indeed golden.
