I know what happened last summer. . . Giovanni Falcone was blown up in May 1992, and the movie was released in October 1993. Impressive speed.
Has this speed affected the quality? No way. Quite the opposite. It seems that the script was written on news feeds, hot eyewitness accounts, maybe even the materials of some cases were used. You feel like you’re watching a documentary. And the authors immediately warn - the characters are authentic, self-made, all the names are real, no coincidences. That is, this is a real story that happened not somewhere there some time ago, but last year.
That worked really well. Michele Placido is my respect - he brilliantly got used to, merged with the image. He looks so everyday in the frame that again you forget that this is still a movie, not a documentary chronicle. In his Falcon, there is no pathos and drama of Commissioner Katani, he is an ordinary man, with his own habits and cockroaches. The rest of the actors also did a great job - the policemen who played look quite full of work, the mafioso performers - on pathos, everything is right.
I am pleased with the semantic load of the film. She's as honest as possible. The hero of Placido, a tireless fighter against the mafia, jumps into... the government (surprise!) and does not know what to do next, hands are short. And the finale is foregone. In fact, the key phrase is pronounced by the hero Gianni Musi Tomazzo Bouchetta: '- You are still alive because I do not say everything.' It’s a game of cops chasing gangsters, and grown-up uncles from above look and laugh, cutting coupons. The name of Giulio Andreotti, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Italy, as a business partner ' Friends of Friends' is called directly. Salvo Lima is a liaison between the Mafia and the government.
Summary: A cool illustration for an episode of Italian history. It's just a good movie.
When viewing, I recommend Google the names of key characters, view their biographies at least on Wikipedia. This is much more interesting and informative.