Sicily has strong folk customs since ancient times, fighting against Carthage and Rome, against Germans, Arabs, Spanish, own people (Mussolini), Nazi Germany, from the slave society to the 20th century, who is riding on them Just fight with whom.
The great uprising against King Charles I broke out in Sicily in 1282, known as the "evening prayer incident" in history, and the secret organization mafia was born:
The Sicilians, squeezed by theocracy, nobles and their eagle dogs, hate corrupt institutions of power. "Calling people a policeman is the most vicious insult" ("The Godfather"), and scolding others for "police" or "truncheon" if they don't, they will make trouble. Human lives are strictly forbidden by the Mafia.
Mafia is derived from the Sicilian black word "Me firar", which means escape or refuge. Why is it translated as Mafia?
On March 12, 1909, New York police officer Joseph Petrosino was assassinated by a gang in Sicily, becoming the first American police officer to die abroad, causing a sensation in the world. Shanghai "Fiction Times" published "The Mafia" in the first issue of 1911, introducing this case:
Since then, the Mafia has become a proxy for foreign organized criminal groups.
Time flies, the Mafia has long since degenerated from an underground party that resists tyranny and helps the weak and helps the weak.
Documents from the Italian Supreme Court show that in the 1970s, the former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid a large amount of protection money to the Mafia to ensure the safety of his family. Even if the rich and powerful are like this, how can the common people feel so embarrassed?
On September 3, 1982, General Chiesa was assassinated and killed in Sicily. Public grievances raged, and the authorities began to use thunder to attack the Mafia. The hateful Justice Falcone became an iconic figure in the fight against the crime.
The Italian film "Traitor" (2019) takes this as a background and reviews the anti-triad war from the perspective of the Mafia "renegade". It was selected as the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival, and the Shanghai Film Festival screened it to rave reviews.
In 1980, Sicilian called the "Godfather of the Two Worlds" Busida, tired of his criminal career, washed his hands in Brazil's golden basin, sunny beaches, and beautiful wine. In 1982, the heroin capital Palermo made tens of billions in drug trafficking profits. The Sicilian Mafia broke out in a civil war to fight for control. Hundreds of people died. The "Godfather of Godfather" Rena heard the rumor that Busida was coming back to fight. , Killed Busida's brother, two sons, three nephews, brother-in-law and other 14 relatives and friends.
The World Police is one family: In 1983, the Brazilian police arrested the famous Busida on suspicion of drug trafficking. The US police sent a congratulatory message and hoped to extradite him to the United States. The famous Justice Falcone certainly wanted to extradite him back to Italy.
It's not a good thing to become the "sweet rice cake" of the police from all over the world.
Accompanied by the poignant and moving melody of "Historia De Un Amor", Busida was beaten to death, and his wife suffered a lot of crimes along with it:
On July 7, 1984, the 56-year-old Busida attempted suicide; on July 15, he was extradited back to Italy. When he got off the plane at Rome Airport, the police did not handcuff him, but used a striped blanket. Covering his wrists, pretending to be in handcuffs:
The film faithfully restores this scene:
The Mafia’s law of silence requires members not to cooperate with the government and the judiciary, and revenge cannot involve family members. You can take revenge, but you cannot reveal the name of the enemy to the police, otherwise the entire family will be severely punished.
As the iron cloth shirt of the Mafia, the law of silence has never been undermined. As a result, the anti-crime struggle has been difficult, and even its organizational structure and mode of operation have not been clarified.
Upon initial inquiry, Busida declared to Justice Falcone that he was not an informer, mouse, or spy.
Falcone grew up in Sicily and can understand dialects and metaphors unique to Sicily and Palermo, which makes Busida feel very comfortable.
When Busida finished smoking, Falcone handed over a box of cigarettes that had been taken apart, with a relaxed and natural action: "Nothing? Smoke mine."
After the questioning, he left the pack of cigarettes to Busida: "Keep it, I have another pack."
For Sicilians, this is a symbol of friendship, and only friends can share incomplete things.
Busidda later told Falcone: “Last time I accepted your cigarettes because the pack of cigarettes was opened. If it is not opened, I will never accept it.” The Mafia is a media statement, and the internal name is "Our Career" (Cosa Nostra).
He told a story: When he was 16 years old, he had just joined "Our Business" and was ordered to kill a person. That person was very interesting. After realizing the danger, he hugged the young son and made him unable to start. From then on, that father always let his son accompany him when he went out, inseparable from kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and high school:
Then his son got married. "Our business" has its own values, does not harm children, women, judges, and protects the poor.
Falcone became more and more popular: Don’t insult your own intelligence, what values do you have? Killing judges and military police, destroying children with heroin, the ancient and noble mafia is a myth, enough.
Facts speak louder than words.
The frenzied mafia trampled on the law of silence and killed many of Busida's completely innocent relatives and friends who had never joined the mafia. Two unarmed sons were tortured and strangled, and one of them was dissolved by acid.
Sicilians have a very strong family concept. Family is everything. Busida is heartbroken. He can never forgive himself: Why didn't he bring his children to Brazil, and why didn't he tell them whereabouts? The poor child has no chance to betray his father to survive.
It seems that this star is not last night, for whom does the midnight stand?
As the biggest traitor to the Mafia in criminal history, Busida’s confession and testimony totaled 3,000 pages. The Mafia has no secrets. A historic breakthrough and transformation in the Italian war against the Mafia took place, and Falcone was carried out nationwide. The large-scale raid resulted in the arrest of more than 500 Mafia elements.
On February 10, 1986, the Sicily Century Trial kicked off with as many as 475 defendants:
The Palermo courthouse was transformed into a fort, equipped with explosion-proof walls that can withstand bombs and rockets, helicopters in the sky, armored vehicles on the ground, military police, and media gathering: this is the most important trial in Italian history. The mafia is about to come to light in the world.
In order to declare the law of silence, a defendant sewed his lips in court, and the blood flowed continuously:
The judge was furious: "Where did his needlework come from?!"
There are also people who pretend to be crazy and run naked, and the defendants' family members who are watching are afraid that the world will not be chaotic:
The defendant's demands were strange and weird. Those who were reasonable had to be satisfied, and those who could not be satisfied had to explain the reasons. In order to maintain the order of the trial, the judge broke his heart.
The Mafia was full of slogans cursing Busida in the streets and alleys, and organized people to go to the streets with gongs and drums: Long live the Mafia, he gave us a job!
On April 3, 1986, Busida appeared in court for the first time, as if the king had arrived:
"I was and still a'gentleman' who betrayed the ideals of the organization (indiscriminately killing innocents). That's why, I don't consider myself a whistleblower."
Many defendants asked for cross-examination and confrontation. Busida sat behind the bulletproof glass and challenged calmly:
There is no imaginary talk, just a few simple facts. For example, Carlo who killed half of Busida's family and said that he didn't know Busida at all. How do you prove that you were friends?
Carlo called "Dear Busida" according to the habit. Busida was furious and accused Carlo of new crimes: "I remember, Lalikata was your disciple, and he was killed by you. of!"
Carlo was incoherent and collapsed on the spot.
The other defendants were frightened and cancelled their demands to confront Busida. Haha, what kind of thing I am, I don't have any points in my heart?
On December 16, 1987, the court sentenced several mafia leaders to life imprisonment.
The Busida family changed their names and surnames in the United States, lived in isolation, lived a cautious life under the strict protection of agents, and moved frequently. One year when the whole family went to a restaurant for Christmas, Santa Claus inexplicably changed the words "I am Italian" to "I am Sicilian" in the lyrics. Busida was very alert and got up and left: "Let's go home."
On May 23, 1992, the Mafia detonated more than a ton of explosives on a highway in Palermo. Justice Falcone’s car was too late to brake and rushed into a 20-meter-long, 8-meter-deep pit created by the explosion. , Falcone, his wife and three guards were killed. The subjective shots of the film are very shocking.
The mafia opens champagne, celebrates with a crown, and spit, which is really disgusting.
The martyr fell, and his reign had just begun.
As Italy’s bravest and most upright justice, Falcone is the conscience and pride of the entire country. Italy is plunged into a frenzy of grief and anger. The Mafia has become a mouse crossing the street. President Scarfaro called on the Italian people to fight fascism like they did in the past. The same fight against the Mafia.
What human rights, revenge for Corfane, and uncovering the scumbags who are hiding in the dark are the greatest human rights! The Senate and the House of Representatives ended the years of wrangling, unanimously passed the "Anti-Mafia Act", established the Anti-Mafia Investigation Bureau, and arrested thousands of Mafia elements. Prosecutors and judges set Falcone as their example. Successive governments have maintained a severe and high-handed attitude against the Mafia. Last year, the new godfather of Sicily was arrested with 45 party members as soon as he took office.
On November 19, 1993, Rina, who organized the assassination of the "Godfather of the Godfathers" of Falcone, appeared in court and went to trial. Busida took a huge risk and returned to China to testify. The accompanying American agents were also mentally prepared for no return. . In this trial, no bulletproof glass was installed, but a personal wall was formed by secret agents to protect it.
Reina is not interested in money, women, or luxury goods. He only likes to give orders and enjoy the perverted pleasure of life and death in one sentence, nicknamed "the beast."
The tainted witness accused: Reina ordered the assassination of all of Busida’s relatives, men, women, and children. Carlo was once a good friend of Busida. When he watched Busida’s two sons grow up, Carlo actually demanded Leave the son who looks most like Busidah to him to strangle him.
Carlo was sentenced to 5 life imprisonment, and Reina was sentenced to 19 life imprisonment. The single-person cell with the highest security level, with 24-hour video surveillance, does not have a single cockroach, and Reina can only give orders to the air.
Busida and Corfane have formed a wonderful fighting friendship. One is a gang legend who fights back against the enemy, and the other is a model judge, joining hands to severely damage the world's largest and most murderous transnational criminal group.
In 1996, Busida testified in Rome. There was no bullet-proof glass. Busida declined the protection of a human wall, indicating that after years of hard fighting, the mafia's vitality was severely injured and the public security situation began to improve.
After watching Busida’s documentary "Our Godfather" (2019), you will find: From the shooting angle, composition to witness testimony, "Traitor" almost restored the 1986 Sicilian Century Trial in 1986. The whole trial was lively and lively. Absurd and plain.
The documentary style of "Traitor" is very different from the gripping drama of "The Godfather" (1972). It has a simple and unpretentious charm and can be called the best gangster film in Italy since "Gamola" (2008).
Gangster classics such as "The Godfather" and "Battle of Injustice" (1973) squeeze the audience to death, while "Traitor" is silent, and the seemingly plain details are full of real texture. Smell.
Many years later, Busida still remembered Falcone taking the initiative to shake hands with him to say goodbye. Falcone, who is shown in the film, has no rhetoric and complicated interrogation skills, nor has he led the military police to arrest the mafia mafia. His personality and strong affinity are presented in a trickle of cigarettes, handshake, and dialogue.
The recordings of drug dealers' conversations, those black words and lingoes that have plagued the FBI and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for many years were easily deciphered by Busida. The networks of Sicily and the U.S. Mafia that used pizza shops across the United States for drug trafficking and money laundering were uprooted.
Busida's wife and children living in the United States are still using pseudonyms, but almost all of them appear directly in the documentary, which was unimaginable before. After rounds of severe crackdowns, the power of the Mafia is no longer as strong as before. The so-called law of silence and gentlemen are even more jokes.
In addition to his family, Busida was accompanied by American agents. They got along day and night and were intimate. At the request of the agents, Busida sang "Historia De Un Amor" at his birthday party. What made his eyes Tears came up?
The ending of "Traitor" is the unfinished story that Busida told Falcone: the son's wedding ended, the father opened the door, lit the last cigarette of his life, and calmly faced the kiss of death.
Before, he was not afraid of death, and fear was useless, but: I didn’t dare to die before my children grew up!
Do unto others, do not impose on others. Busida, who has forever lost his beloved son, felt the pain of others losing their loved ones, and realized the serious sins of himself and the Mafia.
The story echoes before and after, there are tears in the laugh, and the elephant is invisible and can be called a leopard tail.
If a person lives forever, even if he is not as great as Falcone, why should he harm others and himself? What kind of gentleman is a murderer?
At the hearing in the U.S. Senate, members of Congress were puzzled by Busida's repeated use of the term "men of honor." Busida said that I used the term "men of honor" only because the Mafia called himself that way.
Busida is proud of the traitor of the Mafia: "I no longer use the term gentleman, I am a traitor now."
The easter egg of "Traitor" is the voice of Busida's real person, his life favorite "Historia de un amor".
"Historia de un amor" came out in 1955, quickly swept the world and loved by people on earth. There are countless versions (the Chinese version of "Only You in My Heart Without Him"), "Traitor" and another Italian classic "External Desire" (2003) The guadalupe pineda version is selected. The climax passages are tragic and agitated. No one can reach. Rio de Janeiro’s beautiful scenery, life-threatening suspects and couples, and the sad singing are all natural, one side is paradise on earth, and the other is sin The liquidation and the separation of the lover's life and death.
The Laura Fygi version is also very good; Ono Lisa's version has a hint of French chanson hovering, mourning, like a whisper in the dark night.
The French Latin version, the old man is mellow, the girl is clear, and the climax part is unrelenting.
"Parasite" is very good and powerful. It is understandable that "Traitor" did not get the Palme d'Or, but the other awards are too unreceived. It is simply a shame to Cannes. I wish "Traitor" Oscars all the way!
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