Behind Closed Shutters
Directed by	Luigi Comencini
Written by	Massimo Mida Gianni Puccini Franco Solinas Sergio Sollima
Produced by	Luigi Rovere
Starring	Massimo Girotti Eleonora Rossi Drago Giulietta Masina
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Edited by	Rolando Benedetti
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Production company	Rovere Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	12 March 1951 (1951-03-12)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Behind Closed Shutters (Italian: Persiane chiuse) is a 1951 Italian crime-melodrama film directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Giulietta Masina.^[1]

Plot

Sandra (Rossi Drago) searches for her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa.

Turin: Sandra, daughter of a guardian, is engaged to Roberto, employed in a construction company. The girl has a sister, Lucia, who has been estranged from home following a relationship deemed illicit. A friend of Lucia is killed and thrown into the Po; Desperate Lucia tries to commit suicide, in agony she telephones and asks Sandra for help. To find Lucia, Sandra asks for help from the ambiguous Edmondo, known in the prostitution world. Edmondo recognizes Lucia's photo, but does not reveal it to Sandra. The reality is bitter: Lucia is employed by Primavera, an exploiter. Edmondo tries to prevent Sandra from finding her sister; Lured into a local misunderstanding, Sandra is arrested in a police roundup. Released she manages to reconnect with the exploiters who offer a ransom to free Lucia.

A happy but daring ending with a shooting in the port of Genoa.

Cast

References

Bibliography

• Luca Barattoni. Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

External links

• Behind Closed Shutters at IMDb
• Behind Closed Shutters at AllMovie

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