Hands Over the City (1963)

7.6Not Rated105 minDirector: Francesco Rosi

1963 Italian film

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."

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Hands Over the City (1963) — 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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