Hands Over the City (1963)
- Original title
- Le mani sulla città
- Directed by
- Francesco Rosi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 156 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A corrupt real estate developer and city councilman uses political power to displace poor residents for profit. An idealist socialist politician tries to stop him. The film exposes the links between business and government in urban development.
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What happens
Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Francesco Rosi. It follows the real estate agent and politician Eduardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), who uses his power as a city councilman member to lobby for the displacement of the impoverished Naples population, and his personal fight against the idealist socialist politician De Vita (Carlo Fermariello). The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 24th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the festival's top prize. 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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