Excellent Cadavers
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.
Shooting the Mafia
Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. Her art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.
Felicia Impastato
Felicia Impastato, mother of the brave Peppino Impastato, tries to keep the memory of his son alive after his murder.
Prima che la notte
The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.
The Sicilian
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
The Traitor
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
Salvo
Salvo, a ruthless Sicilian Mafia hit man, changes his priorities after being involved in a bloody ambush.
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous organization.
Mafioso
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
Salvatore Giuliano
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
Il prefetto di ferro
Sicily, Fascist Italy, 1925. Dictator Benito Mussolini appoints Cesare Mori, a man as tough as he is honest, as the new police prefect of Palermo and entrusts him with the arduous task of putting an end to the Mafia, a sinister criminal organization that has sown terror on the island for centuries.
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Ricky Tognazzi
Director
Carla Cassola
as
Chinnici's Wife
Francesco Carnelutti
as
Judge Meli
F. Murray Abraham
as
Tommaso Buscetta
Victor Cavallo
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Totò Riina
Kim Longinotto
Director
Lunetta Savino
as
Felicia Impastato
Antonio Catania
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Rocco Chinnici
Michael Cimino
Director
Richard Venture
as
Cardinal of Palermo
Oliver Cotton
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Cmdr. Roccofino
Barry Miller
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Dr. Nattore
Marco Bellocchio
Director
Rainer Cadete
as
Sergio Pierattini
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Giudice Alfonso Giordano
Pierfrancesco Favino
as
Tommaso Buscetta
Sergio Vespertino
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Filippo Marchese
Pasquale Squitieri
Director
Claudia Cardinale
as
Anna Torrini
Vittorio Duse
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Capostazione
Francisco Rabal
as
Il brigante Calogero Albanese
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