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A time during Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro's three decades as a fugitive from Italian justice, when he was at the peak of his nefarious powers.
Sicily, early 2000s. After serving several years in prison for Mafia-related crimes, Catello Palumbo (Tony Servillo), a long-serving politician, has lost everything. When the Italian Secret Service "persuades" him to help capture Matteo Messina Denaro, the last major Mafia boss still on the run, whom Catello has known since he was a boy, he sees an opportunity to stage a comeback. A shrewd man of a hundred masks, a tireless illusionist who turns truth into falsehood and falsehood into truth, Catello begins correspondence with the fugitive, as unique as it is improbable, exploiting the younger man's emotional emptiness. The stage is set for misunderstandings, dangerous liaisons and the exchange of a chain of minutely folded letters delivered back and forth by the family’s faithful ‘soldiers’. Servillo manages to bring some levity to his lead character, allowing this film to have a unique tone amongst the many mafia films released. (Subtitles)
Italy 2024 Fabio Grassadonia/Antonio Piazza 122m