Giovanni Falcone (1993)

The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain... See full summary »

Director:

Giuseppe Ferrara

Writers:

Armenia Balducci (screenplay), Armenia Balducci (story),

Stars:

Michele Placido, Anna Bonaiuto, Massimo Bonetti

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michele Placido	...	Giovanni Falcone
Anna Bonaiuto	...	Francesca Falcone
Massimo Bonetti
Nello Riviè
Gianni Musy
Paolo De Giorgio
Pietro Biondi
Gianfranco Barra
Marco Leto
Ivana Monti
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Paolo Borsellino
Luigi Angelillo
Roberto Nobile
Leonardo Treviglio
Luca Dresda	...	Young Giovanni Falcone

Storyline

The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. Giovanni Falcone was the most important of them: he discovered the liaisons between mafia and politicians, working along with Rocco Chinnici and Paolo Borsellino. Rocco Chinnici was killed by Mafia in the middle '80s, with a bomb. Giovanni Falcone was killed by mafia in 5/23/1992, with more than 100 kilograms of TNT placed under the highway between Palermo and the Punta Raisi airport, and he died along with his wife and three police officers from the VIP Protection Bureau. Paolo Borsellino was killed by mafia 50 days later, with a bomb-car placed under his mother's house, and he died along with many police officers from the VIP Protection Bureau.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | police | judge | sicily | hero | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

28 October 1993 (Italy)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clemi Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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