Movie Title: The Godfather (1972) Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Casting: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton Genre: Crime, Drama Release date: March 15, 1972
The success of the Godfather is due to Coppola's attention to small details (a little girl dancing on Tessio's shoes at Connie's wedding) which, without ostentation, show the closeness, the warmth of the bonds that unite the members of the Corleone clan and make us feel the flavour of Italian-American domestic life.
Despite the density of the plots, The Godfather flows without any sense of duration, the film has the splendor of the classics and mixes thriller and melodrama with a historical fresco, which runs over a decade from 1945 until the mid-1950s, when the Corleone family moves its operations to Las Vegas, following the evolution of America.
The story can be summed up to its about a man who renounces his values to save and protect his family. He enters the infernal spiral of violence where each event accentuates the danger that reigns around him and his loved ones.
The Godfather is the foundation stone of one of the most significant movies of modern Hollywood cinema.
