Porte aperte (1990)

Director:

Gianni Amelio

Writers:

Gianni Amelio (writer)
Vincenzo Cerami (writer)

Release Date:

29 March 1990 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him...

Plot Keywords:

Courtroom | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Gian Maria Volonté	...	Judge Vito Di Francesco
Ennio Fantastichini	...	Tommaso Scalia
Renato Carpentieri	...	Consolo
Tuccio Musumeci	...	Avv. Spatafora
Silverio Blasi	...	Attorney
Vitalba Andrea	...	Rosa Scalia
Giacomo Piperno	...	Prosecutor
Lidia Alfonsi	...	Marchesa Anna Pironti, vedova Spadafora
Renzo Giovampietro	...	President Sanna
Antonio Appierto
Nicola Badalucco
Pietro Bertone
Turi Catanzaro
Francesco Gabriele
Domenico Gennaro

Also Known As:

Open Doors (USA)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Erre Produzioni

Trivia:

In the novel that inspired the movie, no details are given about Tommaso Scalia' sons. It is only told that he and his wife have three kids. In the movie they have one son who is named Leonardo after the name of Leonardo Sciascia, the author of the novel.

Boring, Demented Left-Wing Tripe

This Italian film actually makes a multiple-murderer into a sympathetic characters, almost a hero! Now that is just plain wrong.

Yup, it's another super Liberal filmmaker and his main point is to give us another anti-capital punishment film. In this movie, people who support the death penalty are called "fascists." Well, I used to be a flaming Left Winger and I remember calling anyone who disagreed with us a "fascist" back in the '60s, so I guess nothing has changed in that regard.

The main problem with this film isn't the obvious agenda - it's simply that it is boring. It starts off fine, then begins to lag very quickly and by halfway through, I think I began to start snoring. This movie is a "yawner." Pass it up.