 | Film preceded by an introduction then followed by a Salon Italia discussion over a free glass of wine Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8NX Date: Wednesday 28 February Time: 7.00pm Cost: FREE Duration: 114 minutes Certificate: 15 Year: 2000 Director: Marco Tullio Giordana Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burrano, Lucia Sardo Synopsis: The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist who in the late seventies (when almost nobody dared to speak about the Mafia, and several politicians maintained that the Mafia did not even exist) repeatedly denounced Badalamenti's criminal activities and the whole Mafia system, by using a small local radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour. |
