THE PALERMO CONNECTION
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 |