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Hands Over the City

1963 · 101 min

A dry, procedural plunge into backroom deals and council chambers, coldly fascinating as it traces how power quietly trades lives for profit.

Directed by
Francesco Rosi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti
Overview
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

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Directed by
Francesco Rosi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti
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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • politics
  • power
  • class
  • greed
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Francesco Rosi
Written by
Francesco Rosi, Raffaele La Capria, Enzo Forcella, Enzo Provenzale
Starring
Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale, Dante Di Pinto, Alberto Conocchia, Carlo Fermariello, Terenzio Cordova
Music
Piero Piccioni
Cinematography
Gianni Di Venanzo
Runtime
101 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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