Lucky Luciano
Beginning with Luciano's repatriation from the United States to Italy in 1946 after 10 years in jail for his Mafia-related activities, Rosi, a master of the noir-inflected docu-drama, constructs, in a mise en scène of customary brilliance, a mosaic of flashbacks and flash-forwards that suggest the intimate relation between the forces of law and criminality.
A tour-de-force of popular political cinema examining the corrupting influence of power, and featuring a stand-out cast including Gian Maria Volonté, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Gardenia and Rod Steiger, this is one of Rosi's most important films.
Shot by Pasqualino De Santis.
