1979. Lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli is appointed liquidator of Banca Privata Italiana, the empire of mighty financier Michele Sindona. Teaming up with unassuming cop Silvio Novembre, Ambrosoli uncovers the real scope of Sindona's malpractice, exposing him as the middleman in a global network linking the Sicilian Mafia, Italy's ruling Christian Democrats, and CIA-backed covert operations across Western Europe. Isolated by his own government and pressured by mob hitmen, Ambrosoli refuses to back down, insisting he is simply 'doing his duty'.
Acting
Bentivoglio's quiet desperation against Antonutti's reptilian calm
Direction
Placido weaponizes banal office spaces into nightmare
Production
Seedy Milan never looked this authentically 1979
Director
Michele Placido
Michele Placido
Silvio Novembre
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Giorgio Ambrosoli
Omero Antonutti
Michele Sindona
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Annalori Ambrosoli
Pascal Druant
Piersandro Magnoni
Laure Killing
sig.ra Novembre
Ricky Tognazzi
Mario Sarcinelli
Laura Betti
dott.ssa Trebbi
Giuliano Montaldo
Roberto Calvi
Riccardo Peroni
Francesco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fabrizio Bentivoglio prepared by studying actual trial footage of Giorgio Ambrosoli, wearing his prescription glasses for the role.
Released during Mani Pulite's aftermath, the film was Placido's reckoning with Italy's inability to confront its own corruption.
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