"A Deadly Serious Comedy"
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.
Pif
Arturo Giammaresi
Cristiana Capotondi
Flora
Rosario Lisma
Lorenzo Giammaresi il papà di Arturo
Barbara Tabita
Maria Pia, la madre di Arturo
Alex Bisconti
Young Arturo
Ginevra Antona
Young Flora
Ninni Bruschetta
Fra Giacinto
Claudio Gioè
Francesco
Turi Giuffrida
il Generale Dalla Chiesa
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.
In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.
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.
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?
It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
Turi Leofonte is released from prison after eleven years and asks for the surviving members of his old security detail to escort him back in Sicily to get revenge on his former associates – something the authorities indulge to seize a large stash of Mafia money he claims to have access to.
A mob accountant accepts to be witness for the prosecution at a trial involving Mafia higher-ups. Seven cops are tasked with escorting him and his family alive from Sicily to the courtroom in the North, but it won't be easy.
A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her prearranged marriage.
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
ไมค์ กัลลาเกอร์ เป็นผู้ค้าส่งเหล้าในไมอามี่ ซึ่งพ่อผู้ล่วงลับของเขาเคยเป็นมาเฟียท้องถิ่น หน่วยปราบปรามองค์กรอาชญากรรมของเอฟบีไอไม่มีหลักฐานว่าเขาเกี่ยวข้องกับมาเฟีย แต่ตัดสินใจกดดันเขาเพื่อหวังให้เปิดเผยอะไรบางอย่าง - อะไรก็ได้ - เกี่ยวกับคดีฆาตกรรมที่พวกเขามั่นใจว่าเป็นฝีมือของมาเฟีย พวกเขาแจ้งให้เมแกน คาร์เตอร์ นักข่าวที่ไร้เดียงสาแต่มีเจตนาดี ทราบว่ากัลลาเกอร์กำลังถูกสอบสวน และไม่นานชื่อของกัลลาเกอร์ก็ปรากฏอยู่ทั่วหนังสือพิมพ์ กัลลาเกอร์มีข้ออ้างที่แน่นหนาสำหรับช่วงเวลาที่เกิดเหตุฆาตกรรม แต่ไม่ยอมเปิดเผยเพื่อปกป้องเทเรซา เพื่อนที่เปราะบางของเขา เมื่อคาร์เตอร์ตีพิมพ์เรื่องราวของเธอ โศกนาฏกรรมก็ตามมา ด้วยความต้องการชดใช้ คาร์เตอร์บอกกัลลาเกอร์ถึงแหล่งที่มาของข่าวแรกเกี่ยวกับเขา และเขาก็ตั้งใจจะสั่งสอนเอฟบีไอและอัยการรัฐบาลกลางให้ได้บทเรียน