Synopsis
The Mayor of Rione Sanità (Il sindaco del rione Sanità, 2019) is an Italian crime drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Mario Martone adapts a stage play by Eduardo De Filippo and drags it into the present day.
Antonio Barracano runs a Naples neighborhood by a private code. People here don't call the police — they bring their disputes to him, and he decides who was wronged and who has it coming. The arrangement holds for years, until a young man asks his blessing to murder an abusive father. The old "man of honor" is suddenly trapped by the very logic he built. Francesco Di Leva plays him as a tired arbiter rather than a swaggering boss.
Martone shot in the actual alleys of the Sanità district, and the city works as a character, not a postcard. If you go for European auteur cinema about power and conscience, this one rewards a slow watch. Stream The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019) online on iFILM.
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