French-dubbed version (title: Cent jours à Palerme)
In 1982, a general who became known for his successful fight against terrorism is appointed prefect -- a kind of administrative officer who also has authority over the police, from what I gather -- of Palermo, with the mission of putting a stop to organized crime.
Very dull account of real events. It's a mechanical film consisting of brutal assassinations, bureaucratic meetings (both of law agents and of criminal ones), and some extremely tedious interludes about the protagonist's relationship with a younger woman and his qualms of conscience about endangering her life. There is a speech in the movie which goes like that: "The real question that should be asked in Sicily, like in all other countries, is how to have only one power, a state with its institutions and laws. We can't share power with the provocateurs, the violent, or the dishonest." Now let me quote the famous definition of fascism given by Benito Mussolini: “Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.”
Rating: 30
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