The Palermo Connection
| The Palermo Connection | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by |
Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Written by |
Edmonde Charles-Roux (novel) Francesco Rosi Gore Vidal Tonino Guerra |
| Starring |
James Belushi Mimi Rogers Joss Ackland |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
Dimenticare Palermo (Forgetting Palermo) is a 1989 Italian political thriller film starring James Belushi, directed by Francesco Rosi and co-written by Gore Vidal.[1] The film was released under the title The Palermo Connection in North America. The script is based on the Prix Goncourt winning novel Oublier Palerme (1966) by French author Edmonde Charles-Roux.
Plot
Carmine Bonavia is elected mayor of New York City on the issue of drug legalization. After the election, he gets married and travels to his ancestral home of Sicily, for the honeymoon. In the hotel in Palermo he meets a Sicilian prince who has been confined there for years because he crossed the mafia. He discovers the beauties of the Italian island but is also framed by men of power, for a crime he did not commit. He discovers that those men will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business, and is forced to decide between joining them or going to prison.
Cast
- James Belushi: Carmine Bonavia
- Mimi Rogers: Carrie
- Joss Ackland: the boss
- Vittorio Gassman: the 'Prince'
- Philippe Noiret: Gianni Mucci
- Carolina Rosi: the Italian journalist
- Marco Leonardi: the florist
- Marino Masé
- Sal Borgese