based on novel or book,italy,sicily, italy,tax collector,police corruption,sicilian mafia,19th century,official corruption

La mossa del cavallo (2018)

Poster for La mossa del cavallo

Montelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged with collecting a severe tax. Sicilian by birth, but Ligurian by adoption, he reasons and speaks as a man of northern Italy and does not understand the dynamics of the law of silence that regulate the Sicilian land, so his intransigence immediately gives him several enemies…

Cast & Crew

Director
Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
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    Giovanni Bovara Michele Riondino
  • Profile picture of Ester Pantano
    Teresina 'Trisìna' Cicero Ester Pantano
  • Profile picture of Cocò Gulotta
    Deputy Spampinato Cocò Gulotta
  • Profile picture of Antonio Pandolfo
    Father Artemio Carnazza Antonio Pandolfo
  • Profile picture of Giovanni Carta
    Felice La Pergola Giovanni Carta
  • Profile picture of Giancarlo Ratti
    Prosecutor Ottavio Rebaudengo Giancarlo Ratti
  • Profile picture of Filippo Luna
    Attorney at Law Gregorio Fasùlo Filippo Luna
  • Profile picture of Maurizio Bologna
    Emanuele 'Memè' Moro Maurizio Bologna

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • italy
  • sicily, italy
  • tax collector
  • police corruption
  • sicilian mafia
  • 19th century
  • official corruption