Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

The Mayor of Rione Sanità

Play trailer Poster for The Mayor of Rione Sanità 2019 1h 58m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
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.

Critics Reviews

View All (4) Critics Reviews
Deborah Young The 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 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
The Mayor of Rione Sanità

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew
View All The Mayor of Rione Sanità photos

The Mayor of Rione Sanità

View more photos

Movie Info

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
Producer
Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori
Screenwriter
Eduardo De Filippo, Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Runtime
1h 58m