Open Doors (film)

Open Doors (film)
Porte aperte
Directed by Gianni Amelio
Written by Gianni Amelio,
Vincenzo Cerami,
Alessandro Sermoneta
Starring Gian Maria Volonté
Ennio Fantastichini
Renato Carpentieri
Music by Franco Piersanti
Editing by Simona Paggi
Distributed by Orion Pictures in USA, 1991
Release date(s) March 29, 1990 (ITA)
Running time 108 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Open Doors (original Italian title: Porte aperte) is an award-winning 1990 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 1968 novel, "Porte Aperte", by Leonardo Sciascia.

Plot

The movie opens with a Fascist bureaucrat, recently fired, killing the man who fired him, the man who replaced him, and his wife.

Awards

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Awards
Preceded by
Landscape in the Mist		 European Film Award for Best European Film
1990		 Succeeded by
Riff-Raff


v · d · eEuropean Film Award for Best Film

A Short Film About Killing (1988) · Landscape in the Mist (1989) · Open Doors (1990) · Riff-Raff (1991) · The Stolen Children (1992) · Close to Eden (1993) · Lamerica (1994) · Land and Freedom (1995) · Breaking the Waves (1996) · The Full Monty (1997) · Life Is Beautiful (1998) · All About My Mother (1999) · Dancer in the Dark (2000) · Amélie (2001) · Talk to Her (2002) · Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) · Head-On (2004) · Hidden (2005) · The Lives of Others (2006) · 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) · Gomorrah (2008) · The White Ribbon (2009) · The Ghost Writer (2010)



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