Open Doors (film)

Porte aperte
Porte aperte
Directed by	Gianni Amelio
Written by	Gianni Amelio ; Vincenzo Cerami;
Starring	Gian Maria Volonté; Ennio Fantastichini; Renato Carpentieri;
Cinematography	Tonino Nardi
Edited by	Simona Paggi
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Distributed by	Orion Classics (US)
Release date	29 March 1990;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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 and public opinion, he struggles to do what he believes is right. Based on a 1987 novel, "", by Leonardo Sciascia. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards.^[1]

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[]

Gian Maria Volonté as Judge Vito di Francesco
Ennio Fantastichini as Tommasco Scalia
Renato Carpentieri as Consolo
Tuccio Musumeci as Spatafora
Silverio Blasi as Attorney
as Rosa Scalia
as Prosecutor
Lydia Alfonsi as Marchesa Anna Pironti
Renzo Giovampietro as President Sanna

Awards[]

Won[]

1991 David di Donatello:
- Best Actor - Gian Maria Volonté
- Best Costume Design -
- Best Film
- Best Sound -
3rd European Film Awards:
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film
- Discovery of the Year Award - Ennio Fantastichini
Italian Golden Globes:
- Best Actor - Gian Maria Volonté
- Best Film
- Best Screenplay
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
- Best Director
- Best Supporting Actor - Ennio Fantastichini
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
- Critics Award - Gianni Amelio
- Golden Antigone - Gianni Amelio

Nominated[]

63rd Academy Awards:
- Best Foreign Language Film
1991 David di Donatello:
- Best Cinematography - Tonino Nardi
- Best Director - Gianni Amelio
- Best Editing - Simona Paggi
- Best Producer - Angelo Rizzoli Jr.
- Best Production Design - ,
- Best Screenplay - Gianni Amelio, Vincenzo Cerami
- Best Supporting Actor - Ennio Fantastichini
3rd European Film Awards:
- Special Prize of the Jury - Gian Maria Volonté
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
- Best Actor - Gian Maria Volonté
- Best Screenplay