| Porte aperte | |
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| 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.
The movie opens with a Fascist bureaucrat, recently fired, killing the man who fired him, the man who replaced him, and his wife.
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| Preceded by Landscape in the Mist |
European Film Award for Best European Film 1990 |
Succeeded by Riff-Raff |
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