Illicit passions pervade an Italian town, where men gather nightly for the cynical "game of the law."Illicit passions pervade an Italian town, where men gather nightly for the cynical "game of the law."Illicit passions pervade an Italian town, where men gather nightly for the cynical "game of the law."
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Joe Dassin
- Secondo disoccupato
- (as Joseph Dassin)
Storyline
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- TriviaA very big box-office flop; Claude Chabrol later claimed that the new directors of the French New Wave got their chance because its failure convinced several big French producers that inexpensive films with new talent might have a better chance of success.
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In the Italian fishing village of Porto Manacore, the men gather in the local tavern in the night to play a game called "The Law", where one of them is selected as "The Boss" after an allotment and the others are humiliated by him. The real boss of the town is the powerful aristocrat Don Cesare (Pierre Brasseur), an old man in his last days but still in the command. The young and sexy small time crook Marietta (Gina Lollobrigida) is the servant of Don Cesare and sexually disputed by the hoodlum Matteo Brigante (Yves Montand), by her brother-in-law Tonio (Paolo Stoppa) and by the engineer Enrico Tosso (Marcello Mastroianni). Marietta wants to marry Enrico, but she is too poor and does not have a dowry. The local Inspector Attilio (Vittorio Caprioli) is an unfaithful husband and the naughty Giuseppina (Lidia Alfonsi) is his mistress. Donna Lucrezia (Melina Mercouri) is the judge's wife that has a crush on the lawyer student and Matteo's son Francesco (Raf Mattioli). When Marietta steals a large amount of a Swiss tourist, she sees the chance to marry Enrico, but the police are investigating the case.
"La Legge" is a minor movie that recalls a soap-opera of the great director Jules Dassin but it is still enjoyable and entertaining. The story takes place in a small fishing village in the South of Italy, where nothing happens but sex, infidelities and gossips. The real power is in the hands of an old aristocrat, and the dwellers dispute a despicable game of power where most of the participants are humiliated as a sort of compensation. Gina Lollobrigida is extremely sexy, her beauty is amazing and there are many erotic scenes considering that it is a movie released in 1959. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Lei dos Crápulas" ("The Law of the Debaucheries")
"La Legge" is a minor movie that recalls a soap-opera of the great director Jules Dassin but it is still enjoyable and entertaining. The story takes place in a small fishing village in the South of Italy, where nothing happens but sex, infidelities and gossips. The real power is in the hands of an old aristocrat, and the dwellers dispute a despicable game of power where most of the participants are humiliated as a sort of compensation. Gina Lollobrigida is extremely sexy, her beauty is amazing and there are many erotic scenes considering that it is a movie released in 1959. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Lei dos Crápulas" ("The Law of the Debaucheries")
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- Jun 9, 2008
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Where the Hot Wind Blows!
- Filming locations
- Carpino, Foggia, Apulia, Italy(Exterior)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- FRF 450,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,351
- Gross worldwide
- $17,351
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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