Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy.[1] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[2]
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 Film poster for Hands over the City | |
| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Written by | Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella |
| Produced by | Lionello Santi |
| Starring | Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian Neapolitan |
Plot
editA ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building next to a construction site, the manager of which is his son, the communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry into Nottola's connection to the accident.
Cast
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- Rod Steiger as entrepreneur Edoardo Nottola
- Salvo Randone as De Angeli
- Guido Alberti as Maglione
- Angelo D'Alessandro as Balsamo
- Carlo Fermariello as De Vita
- Marcello Cannavale as Nottola's friend
- Alberto Canocchia as Nottola's friend
- Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli as Nottola's friend
- Dante Di Pinto as the president at the commission of enquiry
- Dany Paris as Maglione's lover
- Alberto Amato as a counsellor
- Franco Rigamonti as a counsellor
- Terenzio Cordova as the inspector
- Vincenzo Metafora as the mayor
Awards
editThe film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.
References
edit- ^ "Le mani sulla città (Hands Over the City) (1963)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
External links
edit- Hands over the City at IMDb
- Hands over the City at AllMovie
- Hands over the City an essay by Stuart Klawans at the Criterion Collection
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