Hands Over the City

Hands Over the City

Infobox Film
name = Hands Over the City


caption = DVD cover
director = Francesco Rosi
producer = Lionello Santi
writer = Francesco Rosi
Raffaele La Capria
narrator =
starring = Rod Steiger
Salvo Randone
Guido Alberti
Marcello Cannavale
music = Piero Piccioni
cinematography = Gianni Di Venanzo
editing = Mario Serandrei
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = flagicon|Italy September, 1963
flagicon|USA September 17, 1964
runtime = 105 min.
country = Italy
France
language = Italian
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:137292
imdb_id = 0057286

"Hands Over the City" (Italian: "Le mani sulla città") is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a post World War II story of political corruption in Italy.

Plot summary

A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city counsilman, 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, the Communist councilman Da Vita initiates an inquiry on the possible connection of Nottola to the deadly accident.

Awards

The film won the Golden Lion award of the Venice Film Festival in 1963.

External links

*imdb title|id=0057286|title=Hands Over the City
*amg title|id=1:137292|title=Hands Over the City
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=355&eid=506&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Stuart Klawans]

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Golden Lion winner
years=1963
before="Ivan's Childhood"
tied with "Family Diary"
after="Red Desert"


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