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Romanzo criminale is an Italian-language crime drama film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido. It was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn inspired by the true story of the Banda della Magliana. The Magliana gang was one of the most powerful Italian criminal associations, dominating Rome's drug, gambling and other kinds of crime activities…
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*Romanzo criminale*, 2005 Italian gangster epic directed by Michele Placido, demonstrates that the genre formula established by Coppola and Scorsese can also be used in their ancestral country. The film is based by eponymous 2002 novel by former judge Giancarlo De Cataldo. The plot begins in the 1970s when three poor young men from a Roman suburb – Cesare Rocchi a.k.a. "Il Lebanese" (played by Pierfrancesco Favino),…More
