Hands over the City
- September 1963 (1963-09) (Italy)
- 17 September 1964 (1964-09-17) (U.S.)
Neapolitan
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]
Plot
A 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
- 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
The film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.
References
External links
- 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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