Hands Over the City
Le mani sulla città
Francesco Rosi
© Galatea, Société Cinématographique Lyre
Naples in the early 1960s. With municipal elections approaching, demolition work causes the deadly collapse of a neighbouring building. An inquiry is set up.
Cast : Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale, Dante Di Pinto
Scenario : Francesco Rosi, Raffaele La Capria, Enzo Provenzale, Enzo Forcella
Cinematography : Gianni Di Venanzo
Editing : Mario Serandrei
Music : Piero Piccioni
Scenario : Francesco Rosi, Raffaele La Capria, Enzo Provenzale, Enzo Forcella
Cinematography : Gianni Di Venanzo
Editing : Mario Serandrei
Music : Piero Piccioni
Production : Galatea Film, Societé Cinématographique Lyre
Distribution : Les Acacias
Distribution : Les Acacias
A classic of Italian cinema, a ruthless exploration of the world of property developers in Naples. Corruption, greed, crumbling houses, political forces, crooked builders, a dying city: Francesco Rosi, at the height of his art and his fighting spirit, spares no one, from police commissioners and councillors to journalists, mayors, architects and town planners. Sixty years later, this dark pamphlet has lost none of its sharpness or artistic power. The director, who passed away in 2015, gives Rod Steiger the role of a lifetime. (François Forestier; Le Nouvel Observateur)