Open Doors (1990)
"Porte aperte" (original title)

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. He wants a quick trial and an early ... See full summary »

Director:

Gianni Amelio

Writers:

Gianni Amelio, Vincenzo Cerami,

Stars:

Gian Maria Volonté, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive in capital punishment. Although he manages to save the man initially, he will pay a high price for it.

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Plot Keywords:

courtroom | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

29 March 1990 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Open Doors

Filming Locations:

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Box Office

Gross:

$123,470 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Urania Film, Erre Produzioni, Istituto Luce

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

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.

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Connections

Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

User Reviews

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.