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      The Mayor of Rione Sanità

      2019 1h 58m Crime Drama List
      Reviews Mario Martone brings Eduardo De Filippo's play Il Sindaco del Rione Sanità to the big screen, a story the director sets in the present day, using the text as an opportunity to continue to investigate reality. The protagonist, Antonio Barracano, is a "man of honor" who distinguishes between "decent people and scoundrels"; around him flourishes a fierce, ambiguous and pained humanity, where good and evil confront each other in every character, where the two cities people always speak about in Naples (the legal and the criminal) clash in an encounter neither can win. Read More Read Less

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      Deborah Young Hollywood Reporter It is certainly one of the director's more successful films, but it suffers from the same intellectual barriers that have made his work so difficult to access for general audiences. Aug 30, 2019 Full Review Jay Weissberg Variety One watches the film questioning what Martone's brought to the material, because apart from the main casting decision, this iteration doesn't feel fresh at all. Aug 30, 2019 Full Review James Wegg JWR If you want to win the case, the lawyer must never know the truth. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 27, 2022 Full Review Matt Cipolla The Spool Martone's sole approach here is to emulate how one would subjectively engage in a stage production, and it gets old fast. Jan 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Mario Martone brings Eduardo De Filippo's play Il Sindaco del Rione Sanità to the big screen, a story the director sets in the present day, using the text as an opportunity to continue to investigate reality. The protagonist, Antonio Barracano, is a "man of honor" who distinguishes between "decent people and scoundrels"; around him flourishes a fierce, ambiguous and pained humanity, where good and evil confront each other in every character, where the two cities people always speak about in Naples (the legal and the criminal) clash in an encounter neither can win.
      Director
      Mario Martone
      Screenwriter
      Eduardo De Filippo, Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      Italian
      Runtime
      1h 58m