Romanzo Criminale
| Romanzo Criminale | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michele Placido |
| Written by | Giancarlo De Cataldo |
| Starring | Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria and Stefano Accorsi |
| Cinematography | Luca Bigazzi |
| Edited by | Esmeralda Calabria |
| Music by | Paolo Buonvino |
| Distributed by | Italy - Warner Bros,
Icon Film - UK, TF1 International - worldwide |
Release date | Italy 30 September 2005,
Germany 15 February 2006, France March 2006, Mexico 21 April UK November 3 2006 |
Running time | 152 mins |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Romanzo Criminale is an Italian-language film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido, a criminal drama, it was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards.
Plot
Template:Spoilers In 1960s Bologna, four young delinquents, nicknamed Ice, Lebanese, Dandy and Grand steal a car. Crashing through a police road block, the driver, Grand is crushed by the steering column. Back at thier hideout, a small disused caravan near a beach, they are discovered by the police. Ice, Lebanese and Dandy run away, but are captured. Grand, who is mortally wounded, dies in the caravan. Roll opening credits. Some years later, in the 1970s, Ice is released from prison, and met by Lebanese, who tells him he has come up with a plan to kidnap and hold to ransom Baron Rossellini, a wealthy aristocrat whom Lebanese's parents worked for. He has formed a gang with Dandy - they are Black, Bright Eye, Ricotta, Bufulo, Rat and Aldo Buffoni. After negotiating the ransom of 3 billion lire, whilst trying to get the Baron to pose for a proof of life, Lebanese shoots him. Nonetheless, they fake the proof of life, and get the 3 billion lire. However, the local Police Commissioner Nicola Sciolaja manages to record the serial numbers of the ransom money before the gang recieve it, setting out to capture the gang. As the gang divide up the money, Lebanese proposes to split split 500 million lire between them, and use the remaining 2.5 billion to build a foothold in the criminal underworld of Rome, starting with drug dealing. However, the drugs racket is owned by the dealer Terrible, and so the gang wipe his gang out apart from Gemito, who Lebanese bribes to help them. After his home is raided and his body guards killed, Terrible wakes to find Ice, Lebanese and Dandy in his bedroom. Cornered, he reluctanly agrees to let give control of the racket to the gang.
