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THE PALERMO CONNECTION

by Francesco Rosi

synopsis

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.

original title: Dimenticare Palermo
country: Italy, France
year: 1990
genre: fiction
directed by: Francesco Rosi
film run: 100'
release date: FR 14/02/1990, IT 16/02/1990, DE 18/10/1990, SE 01/02/1991, PT 24/09/1993
screenplay: Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi, Gore Vidal
cast: Joss Ackland, Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Gassman, Carolina Rosi, Marco Leonardi, Marino Masé, Stefano Madia, Luigi Laezza, Sal Borgese
cinematography by: Pasqualino De Santis
film editing: Ruggero Mastroianni
art director: Andrea Crisanti
costumes designer: Enrico Sabbatini
music: Ennio Morricone

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