Dimenticare Palermo (1990)

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In... See full summary »

Director:

Francesco Rosi

Writers:

Edmonde Charles-Roux (novel), Tonino Guerra (screenplay),

Stars:

James Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Belushi	...	Carmine Bonavia
Mimi Rogers	...	Carrie
Joss Ackland	...	Uomo di Potere
Philippe Noiret	...	Gianni Mucci
Vittorio Gassman	...	Il Principe
Carolina Rosi
Harry Davis
Marco Leonardi
Ronald Yamamoto
Marino Masé
Vyto Ruginis	...	Ted
Stefano Madia
Tiziana Stella
Luigi Laezza
Salvatore Borghese

Storyline

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | based on novel

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

14 February 1990 (France)

Also Known As:

The Palermo Connection

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reteitalia, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Gaumont Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004)

User Reviews

Why drugs will never be legalized

It depicts why drugs will never be legalized as the problem extends far beyond the casual users and addicts and deals with the big money behind the problem and the bureaucracies built to deal with the problem. The DEA, banks, organized crime etc.