Thursday, October 16th : The Other Side of Cities

7pm : Welcome drink

8pm : Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città), Directed by Francesco Rosi (1963) – Italy/France – Drama (105 min).

Main basse sur la ville

Synopsis: A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large scale suburban real estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building, the Communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry on Nottola’s possible connection to the accident.

 

Followed by a debate – moderated by Jérôme Tadié (Institut de recherche pour le développement, UMR Urmis) and Fabrizio Maccaglia (Université François Rabelais, Tours, UMR Citeres), with the Inverses Research group: Marie Morelle (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne, UMR Prodig), Alexis Sierra (Maître de conférences à l’Université de Cergy-Pontoise-IUFM), Jean Rivelois (Institut de recherche pour le développement, UMR Cessma), Nicolas Bautès (Université de Caen-Basse Normandie, UMR Eso), Sébastien Jacquot (EIREST, Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne).

Proceedings of the evening available here (in French)