Dimenticare Palermo (1990)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Francesco Rosi

Writers:

Edmonde Charles-Roux (novel)
Tonino Guerra (writer)

Release Date:

14 February 1990 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election...

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Based On Novel

Cast

James Belushi	...	Carmine Bonavia
Mimi Rogers	...	Carrie
Joss Ackland	...	Uomo di Potere
Philippe Noiret	...	Gianni Mucci
Vittorio Gassman	...	Il Principe
Carolina Rosi
Harry Davis
Marco Leonardi
Ronald Yamamoto
Marino Masé
Vyto Ruginis	...	Ted
Stefano Madia
Tiziana Stella
Luigi Laezza
Sal Borgese

Also Known As:

Oublier Palerme (France)
The Palermo Connection
To Forget Palermo

Runtime:

Germany:100 min | Argentina:100 min | USA:100 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:12 (f) | USA:R | Argentina:13

Company:

Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori

Movie Connections:

Featured in Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004)

Unforgettable Palermo

The Director Francesco Rosi have sign this extraordinary documentary-reporting on the Italian Mob and his relation towards the U.S.A and the Palermo beauty. Rosi is a very good artist, every of his work is extremely real and passionate, he narrate the story and the origin of `his' Palermo with such ability and the that he totally rape you, also if the story is inspired by a book how in this case. Carmine Bonavia is a candidate for a Major of New York with clear Sicilian origin that for grow up in the soundings declared he favorable on the drugs legalization. During his trip wedding through the Palermo city he is beginning to think that maybe this operation can truly `make a difference' for the people, but `they' aren't agree on this question...'Dimenticare Palermo is very interesting for many reasons: 1)the actuality of the arguments treated;2)for knows better the marvels of this country;3)for the intense and dynamic play of James Belushi in the leading character, maybe on the top of his career and all of the rest cast many of them Italian and all very good. The story cleared the relation between Mob and Politic and maybe the line that divided Goods and Evils is so thin that it's almost inexistent, where a man that would truly `make the different' can't do nothing cause the system is too great, dirty and corrupted for him. James Belushi is great in the powerful and energy role of Carmine Bonavia and during the developed of the story is truly touching his glance to a man blocked and set impotent but not still defeated. My rate is 8.