Sicily. A land blessed by God, and cursed by man.
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.
based on novel or book
palermo, sicily
based on true story
historical figure
sicilian mafia
italian history
1980s
1990s
cosa nostra
anti-mafia
trial witness
pentito
mafia trial
prosecution judge
mafia war