Excellent Cadavers
Excellent Cadavers is a 90’ documentary developed with the support of BBC Storyville. Through the eyes of Alexander Stille, author of the groundbreaking book Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic, the film is the story of the biggest anti-Mafia trial in history.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisHistory & Investigation Directed by Marco TurcoSupported by Angoa-Agicoa, CNC, MEDIA, Procirep, Ville de PalermeDistributed by ADAV, Artline FilmsFestival(s)Official Selection, RIDM (Montréal) ; Sélection officielle, FIPA (Biarritz, 2005)Year2004Duration90min
The central protagonists are two doomed heroes, the Sicilian anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the first to genuinely take on the Mafia and win. But at an enormous price. Their spectacular assassinations in 1992 are still an open wound in Sicily and throughout the land.
Paolo Borsellino In Stille’s vision, Sicily is the stage for a bloody civil war – fought on one side by the Mafia and on the other by hundreds of brave Sicilians: behind the prosecutors Falcone and Borsellino are law enforcement officials, judges, local political leaders, ordinary men and women.
Consistently, the film will show, key figures in the Italian government have effectively supported the wrong side, exposing the other to the Mafia’s gunfire. Through the narrative of the trial and the prosecutors’ assassinations the film investigates the relationship between the Mafia and the political world in Italy.
press coverage
A story that Italian television and cinema never tire of telling, but that had never been told so well.
Il Messagero
A few moments of emotional silence, followed by long applause, greeted Marco Turco's film about Falcone and Borsellino, presented to a packed theater with many spectators left outside.
La Reppubblica
From a cinematic point of view, the film fulfills its duty well: archival footage, interviews, trials, and other documents highlight meticulous research carried out using RAI's remarkable sources.
Giornali del Popolo
Anyone with even the slightest interest in mass entertainment – from The Godfather to The Sopranos – should watch Marco Turco's serious and compelling documentary.
New YorkDaily News
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