Sicily, early 2000s. After a few years in prison for mafia, Catello, a career politician, has lost everything. When the Italian intelligence service asks him for help in catching Matteo, his godson and the last prominent fugitive mafia boss out there, Catello seizes the opportunity to get back in the game. A cunning man with a hundred faces, a tireless illusionist who turns truth into lies and lies into truth, Catello launches into a peculiar and unlikely exchange of letters with the fugitive, whose emotional void he tries to exploit.
But a gamble with one of the most wanted criminals in the world involves a certain risk…
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Tuesday May 6th, 7pm
“iddu lettres siciliennes” by Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza Italy, France / 2024 / 122min. / Italian | Subtitles: French Cinéma LECLAP
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”L’Italie à l’écran” is a new cycle of films, born from the collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Cinéma Le Clap, dedicated to the discovery of the new production of Italian cinema by offering the latest films by established directors.