Romanzo Criminale (Crime Novel)

A FILM BY Michele Placido

The universal nature of crime -- and its dark appeal -- is driven home with bullets and bravado.

- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR

Exciting, impressively directed gangster epic with superb performances and a soundtrack ripped straight from Scorseses iTunes.

- Matthew Turner, VIEWLONDON

A rowdy, rollicking throwback... heaps of fun.

- Aaron Hillis, PREMIERE MAGAZINE

4 étoiles - Redonne ses lettres de noblesse au film de gangster. Réjouissant !

- Brazil

4 étoiles - Un grand film noir

- Le Parisien

Entre mafia, climat politique brûlant, violence et romanesque, un énorme coup de cur !

- Le Journal du Dimanche

4 étoiles - Redonne ses lettres de noblesse au film de gangster. Réjouissant !

4 étoiles - Un grand film noir

Entre mafia, climat politique brûlant, violence et romanesque, un énorme coup de coeur !

Synopsis

Rome, 1960’s. Three young criminals, Lebanese (Pierfrancesco Favino), Ice (Kim Rossi Stuart) and Dandy (Claudio Santamaria), with the help of a makeshift gang of thugs, including Black (Riccardo Scamarcio), an extremist who thinks he’s the last samurai, kidnap and brutally kill a rich proprietor. With the ransom money in hand, they decide to invest it, together, in the heroine business. It’s the birth of a smart and ruthless organization, which crushes all its rivals, assumes total control of the drug trade, and imposes its brutal criminal rule on Rome. Interspersed with incidents from Italy's turbulent social history 'Crime Novel' exposes links between career criminals, terrorists and corrupt politicians.