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LUCKY LUCIANO
Synopsis
Charles “Lucky” Luciano was one of the most nefarious bosses of the Italian Mafia. In 1946, after serving time for murder, he was pardoned and sent back to his homeland of Sicilia. Rather than changing his life, it was here that he became one of the most powerful crime leaders in the world.
Synopsis
Charles “Lucky” Luciano was one of the most nefarious bosses of the Italian Mafia. In 1946, after serving time for murder, he was pardoned and sent back to his homeland of Sicilia. Rather than changing his life, it was here that he became one of the most powerful crime leaders in the world.
Our take
Dubbed by Norman Mailer as the finest movie made about the Mafia, Francesco Rosi’s Lucky Luciano is a brilliant portrait of the father of organized crime. Jumping around various stages of Luciano’s life, and starring his real-life adversary, the film is an electrifying web of politics and power.