Claudio Gioè
as Totò Riina
Writers: Stefano Biase
The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
Claudio Gioè
as Totò Riina
Daniele Liotti
as Biagio Schirò
Simona Cavallari
as Teresa
Gioia Spaziani
as Antonietta Bagarella
Salvatore Lazzaro
as Bernardo Provenzano
Marco Leonardi
as Calogero Bagarella
Claudio Castrogiovanni
as Luciano Liggio
Paolo Ricca
as Luciano Maino
Alfredo Pea
as Vito Ciancimino
Francesco Foti
as Stefano Bontate
Alessio Caruso
as Salvatore Inzerillo
Massimo Venturiello
as Angelo Mangano
Ettore D'Alessandro
as Capitano Borgomanero
Enrico Pappalardo
as Padre di Teresa
Vincent Riotta
as Tommaso Buscetta
Orio Scaduto
as Gaetano Badalamenti
Vincenzo Ferrera
as Giuseppe Montana
Bruno Torrisi
as Antonino Cassarà
Mimmo Mignemi
as Giuseppe Di Cristina
Giacinto Ferro
as Michele Navarra
Pietro De Silva
as Boris Giuliano
Biagio Barone
as Pio La Torre
Maurilio Leto
as Giuseppe Calderone
Pier Luigi Misasi
as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Claudio Angelini
as Cesare Terranova
Biagio Pelligra
as Pietro Scaglione
Antonio Berardinelli
as Silvio Albertini
Natale Russo
as Apuzzo
Maurizio Marchetti
as Michele Greco
Enzo Ina
as galeotto in Brasile
Nino D'Agata
as Ignazio Salvo
Luca Angeletti
as Giuseppe Greco "Scarpuzzedda"
Sergio Friscia
as Carmelo Narangio "Pocket Coffee"
Fabrizio Ferracane
as Vito Maranza
Carlo Cartier
as Gaetano Costa
Francesco Casisa
as Domenico
Giorgia Cardaci
as Leoluchina Sorisi
Paolo De Giorgio
as Francesco Marino Mannoia
Carlo Ferreri
as Gaspare Mutolo
Marco Gambino
as John Gambino
Eleonora Sergio
as Maria Nigro
Matilde Piana
as Concetta Riina
Calogero Buttà
as Giovanni Riina
Manuela Ventura
as Arcangela Riina
Fulvio D'Angelo
as Tanino Di Maio
Ileana Riganò
as madre di Biagio Schirò
Alfredo Li Bassi
as Salvatore
Katia Greco
as ragazza night club
Angelo Russo
as Ciccio Coniglio
Vittorio Di Paola
as commissario
Claudio Botosso
as capitano Li Donni
Alessandro Borgese
as Totuccio
Luciano Miele
as Peppe
Vincenzo Crivello
as agente Giacalone
Giovanni Battista Parodi
as Young Toto Riina
15 January 1993. Cosa nostra 'superboss' Salvatore Riina has been arrested after 23 years, and receives a visit in prison from his childhood friend, Biagio Schiarò, triggering a flashback. In 1943, as a boy of 13 years, Riina is working in the fields around the town of Corleone when he finds a buried bomb. His father decides to take the bomb home, in order to extract the gunpowder from inside in order to sell it to hunters in order to supplement his very low farm labourer's income. The bomb explodes, killing Riina's father and younger brother, and leaving Salvatore as...
The whole Corleone clan (Luciano Leggio, Totò Riina, Bernardo Provenzano, Calogero Bagarella and Luciano Maino) is preparing to go to Palermo to "talk business" with Salvatore La Barbera and Vito Ciancimino. Meanwhile, Toto pursues Ninetta Bagarella, the younger sister of Calogero.
Biagio and Teresa, now married, just had a baby (Antonio). Meanwhile, Riina is in Palermo with his companions in the offices of Michael Cavataio disguised as soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza. The group consists of Toto Riina, Bernardo Provenzano, Calogero Bagarella and two other men (soldiers of Tano Badalamenti, the boss of Cinisi). The goal is to kill Corleonesi Cavataio, who had previously eliminated Salvatore La Barbera.
Biagio Schiro and Commissioner Boris Giuliano are en route to the airport of Palermo to intercept the French chemists who arrived to teach their counterpart clan Bontade how to cut the drugs. At the last moment, the Commissioner receives a phone call ordering him to do cancel the operation for lack of evidence of the guilt of the French. Toto Riina gives one of the henchmen of Bontade the amount of money which his dying brother needs. Toto and Ninetta are expecting their third child. Schiro and Commissioner Giuliano not giving up.
Toto Riina's patience runs out as the Communist deputy Pio La Torre opposes the construction of a military base in Comiso. Commissioner Mangano, now retired, advises magistrates of Palermo who are determined to nail the Mafia to use Biagio Schiro, who he has also recommended to work with judges Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino and Rocco Chinnici. For his part, Toto Riina summons his killers whom he orders to kill La Torre.
Hospitalized after the shooting, Biagio Schiro is recovering from his injuries. Toto Riina, sentenced to life imprisonment, but hopes the sentence gets revoked in the high court. A new judge is going to be appointed head of the investigating center of Palermo. Two men are nominated: Giovanni Falcone and Meli Antonino. Against all odds, Meli wins.