Angelo Tosto

January 6, 1980. The President of the Sicilian Region Piersanti Mattarella is going to Mass with his family. A young man approaches the car window and shoots Piersanti in cold blood and kills him. Despite the confusion of the moment with a series of misdirections towards left-wing terrorism, the crime appeared anomalous in its modalities. The young Deputy Prosecutor on duty, that day of the Epiphany, will be Pietro Grasso, future Anti-Mafia Prosecutor and President of the Senate. The investigations will be continued by the Instructor Judge Giovanni Falcone, who will uncover dangerous relationships between the Mafia, Politics, Nar and neo-fascists, the Magliana gang, Gladio and Secret Services.

イタリアの名匠ジュゼッペ・トルナトーレによる、映画史に残る至高の名作。イタリアのシチリアを舞台に、少年と映写技師が映画を通して心を通わせていく様を、感動的な音楽と繊細な人物描写で描き出す。映画監督のサルヴァトーレ（ジャック・ペラン）は、映写技師のアルフレード（フィリップ・ノワレ）という老人が死んだという知らせを受け、故郷のシチリアに帰郷する。