Director: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Franco Nero, Georges Wilson, John Steiner, Riccardo Cucciolla, Turi Ferro,
Plot: Arrested on suspicion of a hit and run, a succesful architect is put in prison awaiting trial or release. Whilst there he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.
Organized crime, political corruption and bourgeois complicity: four Italian Mafia movies
Radiance maintains its high standard with a pair of releases devoted to Italian films which tackle the intricate interconnections between organized crime, politics and civil society. Cosa Nostra (1968-75) is a three-disk set of collaborations […]