The Sicilian Checkmate
Directed byFlorestano Vancini
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
StarringEnrico Maria Salerno
CinematographyAntonio Secchi
Music byEnnio Morricone
Release date
1972
LanguageItalian

The Sicilian Checkmate (Italian: La violenza: quinto potere) is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini.[1][2][3]

Plot

The construction of a dam in Sicily triggers unspeakable interests and appetites that find immediate repercussions in a feud between two mafia gangs who support two different power groups, one headed by the manufacturer Barresi, who aspires to secure the contract for the works, the other to the engineer Crupi, a wealthy landowner, who would lose his citrus groves following the completion of the project. After a long series of crimes of which not only some members of the rival gangs are the victims, but also many innocent ones, we arrive at the trial that sees the accused representatives of major and minor prominent members of the two mafia organizations. Of the only two defendants determined to confess, one commits suicide in prison, the other is passed off as insane. Thus, only two minor figures pay for all the others, who instead are acquitted.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Giacomo Gambetti (2000). Florestano Vancini. Gremese Editore, 2000. ISBN 8884400538.
  2. ↑ Paolo Micalizzi. Florestano Vancini: fra cinema e televisione. Longo Angelo, 2002. ISBN 8880633325.
  3. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.


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