The title is the last line of the dialog.It took the whole movie to allow judge Schiavi to enforce the law ,but this ending may seem too optimistic to some viewers.
Third movie by Pietro Germi ,a director whose first works displayed a strong social concern ("gioventu perduta" "il cammino della speranza ")
Both the beginning of "il cammino della speranza " and " in nome delle legge" take place in Sicily .The latter might be seen as some kind of continuation of the former :as the mine has definitively closed , the inhabitants of the village leaves for the so called promised land (France)
In their form ,both movies belong to the neo-realism school :the depiction of the stretches burnt by a blistering sun an of small village under the maffia's thumb .When he arrives ,the judge feels that the baron wants him to be a pawn in his game ,by trying to bribe him; and even though he is popular among the humble people , he cannot stand their resignation, their omertà (ringing the bells is the first call to rebellion );but ,if he also puts the blame on the inhabitants' passivity ,he has his own weaknesses :why not give up this thankless life and leave for a much more comfortable career in a peaceful town ,with the baron's wife he has fallen in love with?
Good performances by character actor Massimo Girotti (also present in "Gioventu perduta" ) and French actor Charles Vanel,whose career almost spanned the whole twentieth century.
Third movie by Pietro Germi ,a director whose first works displayed a strong social concern ("gioventu perduta" "il cammino della speranza ")
Both the beginning of "il cammino della speranza " and " in nome delle legge" take place in Sicily .The latter might be seen as some kind of continuation of the former :as the mine has definitively closed , the inhabitants of the village leaves for the so called promised land (France)
In their form ,both movies belong to the neo-realism school :the depiction of the stretches burnt by a blistering sun an of small village under the maffia's thumb .When he arrives ,the judge feels that the baron wants him to be a pawn in his game ,by trying to bribe him; and even though he is popular among the humble people , he cannot stand their resignation, their omertà (ringing the bells is the first call to rebellion );but ,if he also puts the blame on the inhabitants' passivity ,he has his own weaknesses :why not give up this thankless life and leave for a much more comfortable career in a peaceful town ,with the baron's wife he has fallen in love with?
Good performances by character actor Massimo Girotti (also present in "Gioventu perduta" ) and French actor Charles Vanel,whose career almost spanned the whole twentieth century.