1990 · drama · crime
Open Doors
Directed by Gianni Amelio1h 48m1990
Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man who replaced him and his wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive in capital punishment.
Our read: Open Doors (1990) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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