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Hands over the city = Le mani sulla città

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

DVD special ed.

Languages

In Italian, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Angelo D'Alessandro, Carlo Fermariello, Marcello Cannavale, Alberto Conocchia.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

The structure of power and the facade of democracy are explored in this political exposé of corruption in Naples. Following the fatal collapse of a tenement building, an investigation reveals that profits from municipal developments are going to city council members and developers in backroom negotiations.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Special features: Neapolitan diary (1992), Francesco Rosi's feature-length sequel to Hands over the City ; video interviews with Rosi, film critic Tullio Kezich, and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin ; video discussion with Rosi, co-writer Raffaele La Capria, and film critic Michel Ciment.

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