Porte aperte
Directed byGianni Amelio
Written byGianni Amelio
Vincenzo Cerami
Alessandro Sermoneta
Starring
CinematographyTonino Nardi
Edited bySimona Paggi
Music byFranco Piersanti
Distributed byOrion Classics (US)
Release date
  • 29 March 1990 (1990-03-29)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office$252,000 (Italy)[1]

Open Doors (Italian: Porte aperte) is a 1990 Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio. Set in Palermo in the 1930s, a judge who is morally against the death penalty is confronted with the case of a man who has murdered his wife and two colleagues in cold blood. Opposed by both the fascist government - endorsing death penalty since it allows people to be safe to the point of "sleeping at night with open doors" - and public opinion, he struggles to do what he believes is right. Based on a 1987 novel, "Porte Aperte", by Leonardo Sciascia. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards and was nomination.[2]

Plot

The film opens with a Fascist bureaucrat, recently fired, killing the man who fired him, the man who replaced him, and his wife.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Won

Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ Bisogni, Daniela (3 September 1990). "Italo b.o. piccolo". Variety. p. 51.
  2. ^ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

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Awards Preceded byLandscape in the Mist European Film Award for Best European Film 1990 Succeeded byRiff-Raff


Films directed by Gianni Amelio
European Film Award for Best Film
Italian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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