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Cento giorni a Palermo (1984)

Cento giorni a Palermo poster
Directed by
Giuseppe Ferrara
Genre
crime film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
16
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film covers the final months of Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, a general and prefect working to fight the Mafia in Palermo. It shows his efforts and the threats he faces before he is killed with his wife and bodyguard.

sombertensedeliberaterestrainedmelancholicstarkgrittydocumentary-like

What happens

One Hundred Days in Palermo (Italian: Cento giorni a Palermo) is a 1984 non-fiction film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara and written by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film dramatizes the last hundred days in the life of Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, the Carabinieri General and prefect of Palermo who was murdered along with his wife and bodyguard for his anti-mafia activities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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