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Italiano
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Dramatic retelling of the story of Rita Atria, a 17-year-old Sicilian girl whose father and brother were both Mafia members (and victims) who breaks the vow of silence that enshrouds that world, and gives evidence to famed anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino. Her days are numbered from that moment on.
2) The Traitor
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Italiano
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The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the '80s.
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Italiano
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Power, money and blood: these are the values that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "system," the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel world, and one that is deeply rooted in reality.
5) Angela
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Italiano
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For Angela, the world of organized crime provides an exciting and sexy alternative to the life she's known. Dreaming of glamorous presents and nearly unimaginable power, Angela marries Saro, placing her in the center of a life of stolen goods, and questionable moral codes. Fascinated by risk, Angela has become the front woman in a shoe shop which is used as cover for her husband's growing drug business.
6) Piranhas
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Italiano
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Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano, this film follows fifteen-year-old Nicola who lives with his mother and younger brother in a neighborhood of Naples that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life luxurious with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle service, Nicola and his gullible group of friends begin selling drugs, a door into the violent, power-hungry world of crime that begins to threaten their innocence,...
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Italiano
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First broadcast in Italy in 1984, The Octopus (La Piovra) is an international blockbuster, running 18 years and producing nine follow-up series. In Series 2, it gets personal for Police Inspector Corrado Cattani. His lust for revenge drives him undercover, where he discoversa multi-million dollar arms deal. Helped by a familiar foe, the Countess Olga Camastra, whose love for him leads her to break the criminals' code of silence, Cattani works both...
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Italiano
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It is the haunting, hypnotic tale of a mysterious disappearance set in a little Sicilian village on the edge of a forest. Thirteen-year-old Luna, always dreaming, has a crush on her handsome classmate Giuseppe; they begin a tentative romance. But one day Giuseppe fails to show up at school. As the days pass with no sign of him, Luna tries to raise concern with family and friends.
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Italiano
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In Series 3, Police Inspector Corrado Cattani returns to investigate the shady dealings of Carlo Antinari, head of a powerful banking family. Cattani finds himself falling in love with Antinari's daughter, Giulia. Meanwhile, Mafia lawyer Terrasini is released from prison - bent on revenge against his old nemesis. Can Cattani bring the Sicilian Mob to justice once and for all?-- from container.
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Italiano
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Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. He leaves his wife, flees to Turin and romances a Communist organizer but he just can't shake the Mafia. When they lure Mimi back to Sicily with a better job, he must keep his lover, and love child, under wraps. That's when his wife announces she's pregnant.
Series
Criterion collection volume 424
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Italiano
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Nino is an auto-factory foreman who takes his proper, modern wife and two blonde daughters from industrial Milan to the antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. Nino gets more than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors and himself.
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Italiano
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The Classic Italian Mafia Thriller. Bringing scope and sophistication to the story of an old battle and shows the cost men and women pay when they stand up to the injustice of organized crime. Police Inspector Corrado Cattani finds himself up against the ruthless Tano Carridi, who with the help of a corrupt senator plans to take control of a major international conglomerate. Cattani joins forces with Judge Silvia Conti in a desperate attempt to foil...
15) Corleone
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Italiano
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In 1993 the Godfather of all Godfathers, Toto Riina, is arrested in Palermo, Sicily, marking the end of a 25-year manhunt and of the war that killed thousands between the Cosa Nostra and the Italian State. Through interviews of prosecutors, judges, police officers, lawyers, and now repentant mobsters, the two-part documentary mini-series tells the story of the rise and fall of the most feared and violent organized crime leader ever.
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Italiano
Description
The classic Italian mafia thriller. Judge Silvia Conti investigates the murder of her former lover, police inspector Corrado Cattani. Mafia hierarchy desperately wants to retrieve Mafiosi names and secret account numbers from Countess Olga Camastra. And one exile plots his revenge and return to power.
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Italiano
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Salvatore Toto Riina, born into poverty in Corleone near Palermo, Sicily, Riina is forced to support his family when his father is suddenly killed. Determined to prosper, Riina goes to work for a local crime don, embarking on a notoriously ruthless and violent career. In one of the most destructive and bloody periods the Sicilian underworld has ever known, Rina eventually becomes the Cosa Nostra Boss of Bosses and Italy's most wanted.
18) The broken crown
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Italiano
Description
Tano is the right-hand man of Don Carmelo, a powerful Padrino of the United Sacred Crown, the criminal organization of Puglia, South Italy. Tano falls in love with Vittoria, a charming woman, and wants to change his life for her, but he is not permitted to quit the United Sacred Crown.
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Italiano
Description
Fifteen-year-old Nicola lives with his mother and younger brother in a neighborhood of Naples that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life luxurious with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle service, Nicola and his gullible group of friends begin selling drugs, a door into the violent, power-hungry world of crime that begins to threaten their innocence, relationships, and safety.
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