Year: 2015
Runtime: 103 min
Language: Italian
Director: Francesco Munzi
Three Carbone brothers find themselves embroiled in a brutal conflict when their nephew's impulsive behavior triggers a long-standing feud with a powerful rival family. Luigi and Rocco are deeply involved in the international drug trade, while Luciano remains connected to their family's roots in the remote, mountainous region of Africo. As tensions escalate, the brothers must confront a legacy of violence that threatens to consume them all.
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Luigi, a key figure in the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta and a notorious international drug dealer, is deeply intertwined with influential South American crime organizations. His older brother Rocco, who resides in Milan with his wife Valeria and their daughter, disapproves of Luigi’s criminal lifestyle and has opted for a more conventional career in construction. Meanwhile, their eldest brother, Luciano, strives to live a simple life in Calabria, tending to his goats in the mountains, hoping to remain detached from his siblings’ illicit ventures.
Tensions escalate when Leo, Luciano’s young and embittered son, retaliates against an insult by shooting at a bar that is under the protection of a rival ‘Ndrangheta clan—one that is already incensed by Luigi’s refusal to trade with them. The animosity between these families runs deep; Luigi has a personal vendetta against their boss, who was responsible for his father’s death many years ago.
As the rival clan demands that Luigi provide them with drugs, he decides to return to his hometown to confront them, aiming to bolster his alliances with other crime families first. However, before he can execute his plan, Luigi is murdered in the street. Rocco, who arrives from Milan, is filled with a burning desire for revenge but is first determined to ascertain whether his family stands alone or has the backing of other crime syndicates.
In stark contrast, Leo, feeling a profound sense of loyalty to his late uncle Luigi, believes he must take matters into his own hands. He devises a plan to assassinate the rival boss but is ultimately betrayed by one of his accomplices, leading to his own death. This betrayal sends shockwaves through all involved, particularly affecting his father Luciano. In a moment of deep despair, Luciano, having just burned pictures of his father who had fallen victim to the clan’s violence years earlier, returns home and kills Rocco. It appears he is now contemplating suicide, contemplating the tragic extinction of his family line and the cycle of violence that has plagued them.
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