Luca Guadagnino's 'The Protagonists' explores the fascination with true crime through a fictional lens. The film follows an Italian film crew documenting a real-life 1994 murder case in London, examining the societal exploitation inherent in such narratives.
True crime is often an easy genre to sell but difficult to do well, as it's a balance to make sure the victims do not get lost while the killer becomes a spectacle. Among the surplus of documentaries and docuseries about notorious or forgotten crimes, some of the very best can prove someone was wrongfully convicted or humanize the lives that have been lost.
Two upper-class teens, James Petrolini and Richard Elsey, traveled to west London to find a random stranger to kill as part of a supposed clandestine mission for the SAS . They planned on finding a pimp or drug dealer, but when they couldn’t, they found Mohamed el-Sayed. The young men jumped into el-Sayed's car when he was stopped and stabbed him to death.
Related This British True Crime Miniseries Exposes the Dark Obsession Behind a Chilling Murder "F*** him and the horse he rode in on." ‘The Protagonists’ Has Connections to Guadagnino's More Popular Films A reference to The Silence of the Lambs makes it into The Protagonists during an odd scene when Happy describes himself as both Jame Gumb and Clarice Starling while admiring Billy as his personal Hannibal Lecter. Going forward, Guadagnino explores how reality clashes with fantasies, especially in the summer paradises that lose their innocence in A Bigger Splash and Call Me By Your Name.
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