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The Law (Italian: La legge, French: La Loi and originally released in America as Where the Hot Wind Blows) is a 1959 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.
Based upon a novel by Frenchman Roger Vailland, The Law — co-adapted and directed by Jules Dassin — reflects the writer's themes of class struggle and individual cynicism, as well as a bit of his personal, joyful inclination toward hedonism.
The Law ( Italian: La legge, French: La Loi and originally released in America as Where the Hot Wind Blows) is a 1959 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.
The Law (1959) is many films in one: a metaphorical, occasionally disturbing social drama, a lurid comedy with musical interludes, a Euro sex romp, and an atmospheric slice of sun-drenched, southern Italian life. It's also a star-studded international affair, with the Italian stars Gina Lollobrigida and Marcello Mastroianni, the French Yves ...
Marietta, servant of aristocrat Don Cesare, is the bellezza of an Italian town where men gather nightly in the tavern for the 'game of the Law,' selecting one by lot to boss and humiliate the others.
Based on a novel by Roger Vailland that won the Prix Goncourt in 1957, the film is a sweeping social allegory set in a fishing village on the coast of Puglia—a version of the primordial, elemental Italy familiar to filmgoers from Luchino Visconti’s La terra trema and Roberto Rossellini’s Stromboli.
The Law (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
