Excellent Cadavers (2005)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 1H 15M
Director : Marco Turco
Synopsis
In the late-80s and early-90s, two prosecutors went after the mob in Sicily. Archival footage, gruesome photographs and new interviews are shown.
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