Il sasso in bocca

Il sasso in bocca

1970 · 85 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary, Crime

The "stone in the mouth" is the scar that the mafia makes on betrayal's corpse. The modern mafia has the historical and sociological roots into the birth of the american capitalism at the time of Roosevelt. The American "Cosa Nostra" applies the similar methods as the sicilian mafia: same apparatus, same "omertà", same power and same terror. Giuseppe Ferrara, journalist and writer, uses fragments footage, film clips, and current news to make this film.

Directed by Giuseppe Ferrara · Written by Giuseppe Ferrara

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Giuseppe di Bella Calcedonio Di Pisa
Accursio Di Leo Michele Navarra
Franca Sciutto
Bill Vanders
Vito Zappalà
Carlo Delle Piane (uncredited)
Achille Millo Narrator (voice)

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