The Law Summary
Director: Jules Dassin
Genres: Drama
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Jules_Dassin, blacklisted during the McCarthy era, directs this routine, ostensibly romantic tale that really courts an underlying theme of the misuse of power. Based on a popular French novel and set in a small Mediterranean town, the story involves a small group of men and the woman several of them desire. The men gather around in the local tavern each evening to play a rather vicious game called "The Law." One man is chosen to dictate to the others, and they have to do what he says, no matter how humiliating. Marietta (Gina_Lollobrigida) is the gorgeous servant of Don Cesare (Pierre_Brasseur), desired by Francesco, the son of a crime boss (Yves_Montand), and by her brother-in-law. She herself has fallen in love with Enrico (Marcello_Mastroianni), a poor engineer. Determined to get a dowry and thereby be able to marry Enrico, Marietta turns the tables on the men who play "The Law." Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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