''Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)'' ( it, Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti) is a 1986 Italian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

directed by

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller (), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films '' Seven Beauti ...

. It was entered into the

36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with ''Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German film ...

Plot

Hostel owner Annunziata ( Ángela Molina) is attacked, but before her assailant can sexually assault her, the man is killed. The killer plunges a hypodermic needle into one of the rapist's testicles and escapes before Annunziata is able to identify him. This soon becomes the signature of a serial killer who appears to be targeting drug dealers.

Cast

* Ángela Molina as Annunziata * Harvey Keitel as Frankie *

Isa Danieli Isa Danieli (born 13 March 1937) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 32 films since 1962. Selected filmography * ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * '' The Peaceful Age'' (1974) * '' Swept Away'' (1974) * '' Il marsigliese'' (1975) by Giac ...

as Carmela *

Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ...

as Tango * Elvio Porta * Vittorio Squillante as Tony * Muzzi Loffredo * Mario Scarpetta * Tommaso Bianco as Baba * Raffaele Verita *

Franco Angrisano Franco Angrisano (10 May 1926 – 20 September 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films. Life and career Born in Potenza Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian r ...

* Sebastiano Nardone *

Pino Ammendola Giuseppe "Pino" Ammendola (born 2 December 1951) is an Italian actor, voice actor, film director and playwright. He has appeared in films since 1966. Selected filmography * '' Operazione San Gennaro '' (1966) * ''Caligula'' (1979) * '' Camorra ...

as O' Dimonio * Anny Papa as (as Anni Papa) *

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

as Guaglione * Daniel Ezralow as "Toto" * Lorraine Bracco (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1986 films 1986 crime drama films 1980s serial killer films Italian crime drama films 1980s Italian-language films Films directed by Lina Wertmüller Films about the Camorra Golan-Globus films Films produced by Menahem Golan Films produced by Yoram Globus 1980s Italian films {{1980s-crime-film-stub