Placido Rizzotto (2000)

10/20/2000 (IT) • 1h 50m

Drama, History

Overview

As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home, he becomes increasingly aware that the Mafia has taken hold of his village, witnessing angry and frustrated as gangsters control local politics and take whatever they want from the people. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by the Mafia.

Top Billed Cast

Marcello Mazzarella

Placido Rizzotto

Vincenzo Albanese

Luciano Liggio

Carmelo Di Mazzarelli

Carmelo Rizzotto

Franco Catalano

Giovanni Pasqua

Biagio Barone

Pasquale Criscione

Arturo Todaro

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

David Coco

Pio La Torre


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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

sicily, italy

biography

trade union

land reform

anti-mafia

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