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The Professor (1986 film)
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Il camorrista is a 1986 Italian
drama directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
. His film debut, it is based on a Giuseppe Marrazzo novel. The International version is shorter than the original Italian release.
called "the Professor" kills a man who had harassed her sister Rosaria, and ends up in prison.
After 10 years in Naples prison "Poggioreale" he creates the Nuova Camorra Organizzata with his friends Alfredo Canale and Pasquale Zara "the animal". The organization grows till in the seventies it clashes with the old families of the Camorra, starting the War of the Camorra that will bleed the entire South Italy in the 1970s and 1980s.
The earth trembles the Camorra
In 1980 an earthquake destroys Naples and the Campania region. In the rain of reconstruction money the war continues even more brutal than before. In 1981 the Red Brigades kidnap the regional Assessor Ciro Messillo. Members of his political party, the Christian Democrats, turn to the Professor to intervene fearing that he will confess party secrets. In exchange the Professor is promised freedom - on mental illness grounds - and 3 billion in ransom. The assessor is freed, but taken into custody by the secret services and not by the police.
The fall of the Professor and the disappearance of NCO
The politicians do not respect the agreement and the Professor is brought in the high-security prison of Asinara by decree of the Italian president Sandro Pertini. This furthers the disintegration of the Professor's organization as his trusted men begin cooperating with police. His sister Rosaria tries to bring it back to reality, but to no avail. In the end she kills Ciro, a trusted man who had sold out to politicians, by exploding him and his car and putting his girlfriend inside a cement pylon.
Italy
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drama directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore
-Life and career:Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo.He worked initially as a freelance photographer...
. His film debut, it is based on a Giuseppe Marrazzo novel. The International version is shorter than the original Italian release.
Plot
In 1963 Raffaele CutoloRaffaele Cutolo
Raffaele Cutolo is an Italian crime boss and the charismatic leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata , an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo has a variety of nicknames including "'o Vangelo" , "'o Principe" , "'o Professore" and "'o Monaco"...
called "the Professor" kills a man who had harassed her sister Rosaria, and ends up in prison.
After 10 years in Naples prison "Poggioreale" he creates the Nuova Camorra Organizzata with his friends Alfredo Canale and Pasquale Zara "the animal". The organization grows till in the seventies it clashes with the old families of the Camorra, starting the War of the Camorra that will bleed the entire South Italy in the 1970s and 1980s.
The earth trembles the Camorra
In 1980 an earthquake destroys Naples and the Campania region. In the rain of reconstruction money the war continues even more brutal than before. In 1981 the Red Brigades kidnap the regional Assessor Ciro Messillo. Members of his political party, the Christian Democrats, turn to the Professor to intervene fearing that he will confess party secrets. In exchange the Professor is promised freedom - on mental illness grounds - and 3 billion in ransom. The assessor is freed, but taken into custody by the secret services and not by the police.
The fall of the Professor and the disappearance of NCO
The politicians do not respect the agreement and the Professor is brought in the high-security prison of Asinara by decree of the Italian president Sandro Pertini. This furthers the disintegration of the Professor's organization as his trusted men begin cooperating with police. His sister Rosaria tries to bring it back to reality, but to no avail. In the end she kills Ciro, a trusted man who had sold out to politicians, by exploding him and his car and putting his girlfriend inside a cement pylon.
Awards
- Nastro d'ArgentoNastro d'ArgentoThe Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics...
Best New Director (Giuseppe Tornatore) - David di DonatelloDavid di DonatelloDavid di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
Best Supporting Actor (Leo Gullotta)