Synopsis
Montelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged with collecting a severe tax. Sicilian by birth, but Ligurian by adoption, he reasons and speaks as a man of northern Italy and does not understand the dynamics of the law of silence that regulate the Sicilian land, so his intransigence immediately gives him several enemies…
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Gianluca Maria TavarelliDirector
- Ralf HildenbeutelOriginal Music Composer
- Francesco BruniScreenplay
- Leonardo MariniScreenplay
- Andrea CamilleriScreenplay
Cast
- Michele RiondinoGiovanni Bovara
- Ester PantanoTeresina 'Trisìna' Cicero
- Cocò GulottaDeputy Spampinato
- Antonio PandolfoFather Artemio Carnazza
- Giovanni CartaFelice La Pergola
- Giancarlo RattiProsecutor Ottavio Rebaudengo
- Filippo LunaAttorney at Law Gregorio Fasùlo
- Maurizio BolognaEmanuele 'Memè' Moro
- Roberto SalemiJudge Pintacuda
- Domenico CentamoreCaminiti
- Giuseppe SchillaciSciaverio Pipitone
- Daniele PilliIngrassia
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookitalysicily, italytax collectorpolice corruptionsicilian mafia19th centuryofficial corruption