The Italian justice system runs on betrayal, briefcases, and one very tired Franco Nero.
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.
Acting
Franco Nero's exhausted dignity carries every frame.
Direction
Squitieri's methodical pacing builds suffocating dread.
Production
Sicilian locations that feel authentically sun-bleached and corrupt.
Director
Pasquale Squitieri
Franco Nero
Falco
Tony Musante
Ragusa
Erik Estrada
Lercara
Max von Sydow
Spinola
Claudine Auger
Moglie di Ragusa
Rita Rusić
Amante di Ragusa
Ivo Garrani
Boss Michele Ferro
Marino Masé
Tenente dei carabinieri
Tony Sperandeo
killer
Imma Piro
Moglie del giudice suicida
Rik Battaglia
Colonnello Carabinieri
Santo Bellina
Philippe Lemaire
Giuseppe Mannajuolo
Luigi Montini
uno dei boss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Italy's real 'Maxi Trial' against the Sicilian Mafia, making its cynicism about justice almost documentary.
Squitieri and Nero were frequent collaborators; this was their fifth crime film together, and Nero reportedly insisted on the bleak ending.
IT
