More than a movie, this is a document, one of the more realistic and near to the truth ever done about mafia.
SPOILER FOLLOW. It is the real story of Gen. Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa called in Palermo to combat mafia in May 1982 and here killed almost 100 days (or Cento Giorni) after, the 3rd September 1982.
Almost just a year later this movie contributed to re-open the deep wounds mafia make in Italians' conscience. Most complain about the fact there is not any optimism given by director, but that was exactly the feeling in that times in Sicily-Italy. None Italian could watch this movie without being furious on what happened. But this was the reality. Dalla Chiesa was sent without any tool or assistance to fight the mafia, almost like a new Don Quijote versus the windmills. The idea director suggest under the lines that the General's murder was quite welcome from some politicians in Roma, the same that had to help him, is not so strange or far from actuality. Of course director, by doing this, give a political judgment about the fact, but trust me he wasn't so wrong. C.A. Dalla Chiesa was a real Hero.I suggest this movie to people that want to look into recent Italian history and are tired about usual mafia 'pop-corn' movie. Are you ready for reality?
SPOILER FOLLOW. It is the real story of Gen. Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa called in Palermo to combat mafia in May 1982 and here killed almost 100 days (or Cento Giorni) after, the 3rd September 1982.
Almost just a year later this movie contributed to re-open the deep wounds mafia make in Italians' conscience. Most complain about the fact there is not any optimism given by director, but that was exactly the feeling in that times in Sicily-Italy. None Italian could watch this movie without being furious on what happened. But this was the reality. Dalla Chiesa was sent without any tool or assistance to fight the mafia, almost like a new Don Quijote versus the windmills. The idea director suggest under the lines that the General's murder was quite welcome from some politicians in Roma, the same that had to help him, is not so strange or far from actuality. Of course director, by doing this, give a political judgment about the fact, but trust me he wasn't so wrong. C.A. Dalla Chiesa was a real Hero.I suggest this movie to people that want to look into recent Italian history and are tired about usual mafia 'pop-corn' movie. Are you ready for reality?