
In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. The film moves back and forth between the late 1940s, when Giuliano and other reprobates were recruited by separatist politicians to do their fighting, and the days leading up to and following Giuliano's death. After Sicily's self-rule is declared, will the outlaws be pardoned as promised? And why does Giuliano order his gang to fire on a peaceful May Day rally?... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. The film moves back and forth between the late 1940s, when Giuliano and other reprobates were recruited by separatist politicians to do their fighting, and the days leading up to and following Giuliano's death. After Sicily's self-rule is declared, will the outlaws be pardoned as promised? And why does Giuliano order his gang to fire on a peaceful May Day rally? Police, Carabinieri, and Mafia have their uses for him. There's a trial after his death: will the truth come out or does the code of silence help protect those in power?
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| CinePassionFernando F. CroceThe political and personal forces at play are raw, the scrutiny is analytical |
| GuardianPeter BradshawGiuliano is neither a hero nor a villain; he is an enigmatic absence at the film's centre. Rosi endows his gritty reality with a luminous mystery. |
| VarietyVariety StaffAn outstanding film has been fashioned by Francesco Rosi using the story of Sicilian bandit Giuliano as a pretext for a historical, political, and social document of its times. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis is arguably as good as or better than anything Rosi has done since. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis was the groundbreaking political film of director Francesco Rosi. |
| Little White LiesMark AschAt once analytical and open-ended about the workings of political power. |
| User ReviewAnthony SI love all gangster films and this one really got to me as the whole thing revolves around the people with connections to Salvatoire Giuliano. A bloody brilliant film, classy as hell... |
| User ReviewWiebke KGreat landscapes, intense scenes of oppression, resistance and also pointless violence, and a bizarre organization that keeps you on your toes - and at the end I am still not quite sure who Giuliano is (as in, when he is alive, when he appears in the movie). |
| User ReviewMarco MCinematic perfection, scorcese sights it as an influence on taxi driver! Amust see even if like me you dont speak italian and the region 2 copy only has italian subtitles! |
| User ReviewPrivate ULa vie passionannte de salvatore guiano, une fresque dans la sicile d'après guerre...la naissance de la mafia ? Une objectivité du realisateur saisissante. |