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CAMORRA (A STORY OF STREETS, WOMEN AND CRIME)

by Lina Wertmüller

synopsis

After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow), she is saved from being raped by a Camorra (organized crime) boss when the gangster is suddenly killed. The killer escapes before Annunziata is able to see who it was. Several other murders follow, always with the same "signature": a needle through one of the victim's testicles. Everyone suspects a drug war is on because the slain men are cocaine/heroin pushers. In a subplot, Annunziata's young son is forced to run drugs , making him the next candidate for murder. As the drug dealers continue to be killed off, the identity of the killer--or killers--slowly becomes obvious.

international title: Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
original title: Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti
working title: 7 corna coi coralli
country: Italy, Netherlands Antilles
year: 1985
genre: fiction
directed by: Lina Wertmüller
film run: 115'
release date: IT 14/12/1985, DE 02/1986, FR 18/06/1986, NL 13/11/1986, FI 27/02/1987, DD 28/08/1987, UK 1987, DK 08/01/1988, HU 29/09/1988, PT 27/09/1990
screenplay: Elvio Porta, Lina Wertmüller
cast: Ángela Molina, Harvey Keitel, Isa Danieli, Paolo Bonacelli, Elvio Porta, Muzzi Loffredo, Mario Scarpetta, Tommaso Bianco, Franco Angrisano, Sebastiano Nardone, Pino Ammendola, Anny Papa, Francisco Rabal
cinematography by: Giuseppe a.k.a. Beppe Lanci
film editing: Michael J. Duthie, Luigi Zitta
art director: Enrico Job, Gianni Giovagnoni
producer: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
executive producer: Fulvio Lucisano
associate producer: John Thompson

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