The Godfather, the growth history of a man

Frieda 2022-03-22 09:01:02

In the summer of 1945, the "Godfather" Vito Don Corleone, the leader of the Corleone family of Mafia in the United States, held a grand wedding for his youngest daughter Connie. The "Godfather" has three sons: the lustful eldest son Sunni, the cowardly second son Fred, and the youngest son Mike, who just returned from the battlefield of World War II. Among them, Sunni is the "Godfather" right-hand man; while Mike is shrewd and capable, but he has no interest in the family's "career".

The "Godfather" is the leader of the Mafia and often engages in illegal activities. But at the same time, he is also the protector of many weak and small civilians, and he is deeply loved by people. He also has a rule that he never sells drugs to harm people. For this reason, he rejected the request of the drug lord Soronso, and thus intensified the conflict with several other Mafia families in New York. On Christmas Eve, Soronso hijacked the "Godfather"'s adopted son Tom and sent someone to assassinate the "Godfather".

The "Godfather" was shot and admitted to the hospital. Thoron asks Tom to try to get Shanny to agree to the drug deal and renegotiate. Shanny is brave and intrepid. He vowed to take revenge, but he has nothing to do. Mike went to the hospital to visit his father. He found that the bodyguard had been bought and the police had colluded with Sorongsuo. The fire among the families is on the verge of breaking out. Mike worked out a strategy to induce Soronso and the sheriff to negotiate. In a small restaurant, Mike killed Soronso and the sheriff with a pistol hidden in the toilet.

Mike fled to Sicily, where he married the beautiful Apolonia and lived an idyllic life. At this time, the vendetta among the various Mafia families in New York became more and more intense. Shanny was also betrayed by Connie's husband, Carlo, and was beaten to death. The "Godfather" returned from injury and arranged for reconciliation between the families. Mike, who heard the bad news, was also attacked. Fabrizio, the bodyguard who was bought, put a bomb on Mike's car. Although Mike survived the disaster, he lost his beloved wife. Mike returned to New York in 1951 and married his ex-girlfriend Kai Yi.

The aging "Godfather" passed the position of family leader to Mike. After the death of the "Godfather", Mike began his long-simmering revenge. He sent someone to assassinate the leaders of two other rival families, and personally killed Fabrizio, who murdered his ex-wife. At the same time, he also ordered someone to kill Carlo to avenge Sunni. All the enemies are cut off. Connie rushed into the house because her husband was killed, and frantically tore Mike. Mike grimly ordered Connie to be sent to a lunatic asylum. He has become a new generation of "Godfather" Mike Don Corleone.

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The Godfather quotes

  • Capt. McCluskey: I thought I got all you Guinea hoods locked up! What the hell are you doing here?

    Michael: What happened to the men who were guarding my father, Captain?

    Capt. McCluskey: I pulled them guys off of here, eh, now get away from this hospital!

    Michael: I'm not leaving until you put some guards around my father's room.

    Capt. McCluskey: Phil, take him in!

    Cop with Capt. McCluskey outside hospital: The kid's clean Captain, he's a war hero! He's never been mixed up with the rackets...

    Capt. McCluskey: Goddamn it Phil, I said take him in!

    Michael: What's the Turk paying you to set up my father, Captain?

    Capt. McCluskey: [to Patrolmen] Take a hold of him. Stand him up. Stand him up straight.

    [punches Michael and breaks his jaw]

  • Sollozzo: [to Michael, in Sicilian] I am sorry. What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that. Now let's work through where we go from here.

    [Michael tries speaking in Sicilian, but can't express himself properly, so with a quick look at McCluskey they both switch to English]

    Michael: What I want... what's most important to me is that I have a guarantee: no more attempts on my father's life.

    Sollozzo: What guarantees could I give you, Mike? I'm the hunted one. I've missed my chance. You think too much of me, kid. I am not that clever. All I want is a truce.

    Michael: I have to go to the bathroom. Is that all right?

    Capt. McCluskey: You gotta go, you gotta go.

    [Michael gets up, but a suspicious Sollozzo probes Michael's crotch, to Michael's offense]

    Capt. McCluskey: I frisked him. He's clean.

    Sollozzo: Don't take too long...

    [Michael heads to the bathroom]

    Capt. McCluskey: [to Sollozzo] I frisked a thousand young punks.