Excellent Cadavers
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10/16/1999Runtime
102 minsOverview
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.
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EnglishBudget
$101Revenue
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A taut historical thriller about a judge and a reformed mobster joining forces against the Sicilian Mafia, where both personal vendetta and institutional justice collide against overwhelming institutional corruption. The film channels the grim reality that fighting entrenched power, even for righteous reasons, carries fatal consequences.
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Chazz Palminteri
Giovanni Falcone
F. Murray Abraham
Tommaso Buscetta
Anna Galiena
Francesca Morvillo
Andy Luotto
Paolo Borsellino
Lina Sastri
Agnese Borsellino
Arnoldo Foà
Judge Antonino Caponnetto
Ivo Garrani
Judge Gaetano Costa
Gianmarco Tognazzi
Ninni Cassarà
Pierfrancesco Favino
Mario
Mattia Sbragia
Judge Quinzi
Francesco Benigno
Pino Greco
Mario Erpichini
Judge Rocco Chinnici
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