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 dates	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.

Cast

• Gian Maria Volonté ... Judge Vito di Francesco
• Ennio Fantastichini ... Tommasco Scalia
• Renato Carpentieri ... Consolo
• Tuccio Musumeci ... Spatafora
• Silverio Blassi ... Attorney
• Vitalba Andrea ... Rosa Scalia
• Giacomo Piperno ... Prosecutor
• Lidia Alfonsi ... Marchesa Anna Pironti
• Renzo Giovampietro ... President Sanna

Awards

Won

• 1991 David di Donatello:
  • Best Actor - Gian Maria Volonté
  • Best Costume Design - Gianna Gissi
  • Best Film
  • Best Sound - Remo Ugolinelli
• 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 - Amedeo Fago, Franco Velchi
  • 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

External links

• Porte aperte at the Internet Movie Database