Nunziata is a former prostitute who manages a boarding house in a slum in Naples. The deconsecrated church outside which acts as a “gym” for the dance rehearsals of her business partner Totò is actually the Complesso Monasteriale dei Santi Marcellino e Festo. Neighbourhood life revolves around its 16th century dome covered with ceramic tiles and the nearby Rampe di San Marcellino: this is where Nunziata’s home is and also the location for the terrace where a woman indicates the arrival of “Babà” Rocco. Earlier, the man left his father inside the ancient Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in piazza Portanova, near Corso Umberto I. As the only witness to the crime, Nunziata is sequestered in Via San Gregorio Armeno. The party that introduces the character of Carmela takes place at Villa Lucia, a neo-classical residence in Pompeiian style in the Vomero neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, Nunziata’s little boy has been initiated into drug use and is selling drugs: two ‘villains’ are taking him to Posillipo, outside Villa Donn’Anna. Nunziata’s friend Totò sees them and follows behind, down Lungomare Caracciolo (Castel dell’Ovo in the background), catching up with them in the park of Villa Volpicelli, where he is mortally wounded. He is taken to hospital in the Chiostro di Santa Maria delle Grazie Maggiore in Caponapoli, part of the Complesso degli Incurabili.
In the meantime, the wall of silence crumbles or, at least, that is what the Carabinieri command in Piazzetta Stella, think. Following an anonymous tip-off, they proceed to raid the Rocco family villa which was shot in Rome, at the former mental asylum of Santa Maria della Pietà in the Trionfale neighbourhood.
As in a stage play, the mystery is revealed at the Salone Margherita, in the Neapolitan neighbourhood of San Ferdinando, but the surprises are not over: Frankie Acquasanta, Nunziata’s former lowlife lover attempts to escape over the roofs, but falls into the Galleria Umberto I. A short while later, 40 mothers march down Via Santa Teresella degli Spagnoli, in a parade dense with meaning.
Nunziata is a former prostitute who manages a boarding house in a slum in Naples. The deconsecrated church outside which acts as a “gym” for the dance rehearsals of her business partner Totò is actually the Complesso Monasteriale dei Santi Marcellino e Festo. Neighbourhood life revolves around its 16th century dome covered with ceramic tiles and the nearby Rampe di San Marcellino: this is where Nunziata’s home is and also the location for the terrace where a woman indicates the arrival of “Babà” Rocco. Earlier, the man left his father inside the ancient Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in piazza Portanova, near Corso Umberto I. As the only witness to the crime, Nunziata is sequestered in Via San Gregorio Armeno. The party that introduces the character of Carmela takes place at Villa Lucia, a neo-classical residence in Pompeiian style in the Vomero neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, Nunziata’s little boy has been initiated into drug use and is selling drugs: two ‘villains’ are taking him to Posillipo, outside Villa Donn’Anna. Nunziata’s friend Totò sees them and follows behind, down Lungomare Caracciolo (Castel dell’Ovo in the background), catching up with them in the park of Villa Volpicelli, where he is mortally wounded. He is taken to hospital in the Chiostro di Santa Maria delle Grazie Maggiore in Caponapoli, part of the Complesso degli Incurabili.
In the meantime, the wall of silence crumbles or, at least, that is what the Carabinieri command in Piazzetta Stella, think. Following an anonymous tip-off, they proceed to raid the Rocco family villa which was shot in Rome, at the former mental asylum of Santa Maria della Pietà in the Trionfale neighbourhood.
As in a stage play, the mystery is revealed at the Salone Margherita, in the Neapolitan neighbourhood of San Ferdinando, but the surprises are not over: Frankie Acquasanta, Nunziata’s former lowlife lover attempts to escape over the roofs, but falls into the Galleria Umberto I. A short while later, 40 mothers march down Via Santa Teresella degli Spagnoli, in a parade dense with meaning.
Copyright: Italian International Film, Cannon Tuschinski Film Distribution
A former prostitute who manages a boarding house in a ‘basso’ in Naples is wounded during a fight which leads to the death of a gangster. She decides to explore the issue further after a series of crimes with the same signature and her discovery that her ten-year-old son is being drawn into a world of drug use and pushing.
