Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to attack the mobsters. He is aided by a former mobster (F. Murray Abraham) who volunteers to turn states evidence after his sons are killed by a renegade mob chief. With the mobsters help, the prosecutor was able to obtain over 300 convictions.
1999
HD
102min
Italy
English
Ricky Tognazzi
F. Murray Abraham
Anna Galiena
Chazz Palminteri
Pierfrancesco Favino
Gianmarco Tognazzi
Arnoldo Foà
Mattia Sbragia
Ivo Garrani
Lina Sastri
based on novel or book
1990s
1980s
based on true story
cosa nostra
sicilian mafia
italian history
historical figure
palermo sicily
antimafia
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