In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.
Italian comedy.
Sicilian character
Cinebiografia do industrial italiano Enrico Mattei. Dono de um império no setor de energia, o empresário morreu em circunstâncias misteriosas num acidente de avião em 1962. Para se manter livre da interferência do governo, Mattei gastava grandes quantias em dinheiro com suborno de autoridades. Quando pretendeu transformar a Itália numa potência petrolífera mundial, passou a enfrentar dificuldades.
Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker.
