The story of how Sicilian Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta (1928-2000), the Godfather of Two Worlds, revealed, starting in 1984, the deepest secrets of the organization, thus helping to convict the hundreds of mafiosi who were tried in the trial held in Palermo between 1986 and 1987.
Direction
Tight, propulsive storytelling from archival scraps.
Acting
Nino D'Agata's voice work haunts long after.
Editing
Seamlessly weaves home movies with courtroom drama.
Director
Andrew Meier
Nino D'Agata
Tommaso Buscetta (voice)
Cristina Buscetta
Self - Buscetta's 3rd Wife
Roberto Precioso
Self - PF Officer
Lisa Buscetta
Self - Buscetta's Daughter
John Huber
Self - DEA Special Agent
Giuseppe Ayala
Self - Anti-Mafia Prosecutor
Alfredo Principe
Self - FBI Interpreter
Giovanni Buscetta
Self - Buscetta's Nephew
Anthony Petrucci
Self - DEA Special Agent
Tommaso Buscetta
Self - Mafioso Pentito (archive footage)
Rudolph Giuliani
Self - Prosecutor (archive footage)
Giovanni Falcone
Self - Anti-Mafia Prosecutor (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buscetta was the first high-ranking Sicilian boss to become a pentito, breaking omertà's centuries-old code.
The film's home movies were shot by Buscetta himself in Brazil, making this arguably the first Mafia documentary self-documented by its subject.
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