Placido Rizzotto (2000)
Overview
As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home, he becomes increasingly aware that the Mafia has taken hold of his village, witnessing angry and frustrated as gangsters control local politics and take whatever they want from the people. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by the Mafia.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 0.799 |
Directed By
Pasquale Scimeca
Crew
Pasquale Scimeca
Marco Grillo
Luisa Taravella
Grazia Colombini
Pasquale Mari
Babak Karimi
Pasquale Scimeca
TOP CAST
Marcello Mazzarella
Placido Rizzotto
Vincenzo Albanese
Luciano Liggio
Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Carmelo Rizzotto
Gioia Spaziani
Lia
Franco Catalano
Giovanni Pasqua
Biagio Barone
Pasquale Criscione
Arturo Todaro
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
David Coco
Pio La Torre
Matteo Barbera
Bino
Caterina Di Francesca
Madre di Placido
Liliana Abbene
Madre di Lia
Giuseppe Gennusa
Saro
Mario Rivera
Pastore
Salvatore Gioncardi
Michele Navarra
Tonino Russo
Peppino Palermo
Giuseppe Fiasconaro
Siragusa
Domenico Paternostro
Antonio Rizzotto
Antonio Emanuele
Placido bambino
Melino Imparato
Benigno
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