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May 24, 2012 · BBC News. More than 60 years ago, union leader Placido Rizzotto was killed after standing up to the Mafia in his hometown of Corleone. After campaigning by friends and relatives, he is finally...
The true story of Sicilian trade union organizer Placido Rizzotto's struggle against Mafia corruption and control of the unions, appropriation of land, and exploitation of peasant workers during the early days of the Corleonese Mafia in the late 1940s.
Sep 8, 2000 · Sep 8, 2000 12:00am PT. Placido Rizzotto. While dramas about the scourge of the Cosa Nostra on Sicily and its people have long been a staple of Italian cinema, Pasquale Scimeca's "Placido...
Placido Rizzotto. Based on true events and featuring actual news footage, this film tells the story of Placido Rizzotto (Marcello Mazzarella), who, after a tumultuous childhood and...
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At the end of World War II, Placido Rizzotto returns to his Sicilian village to discover a new Mafia chief has taken over, unfairly appropriating land and allocating jobs. Placido becomes leader of a local trade union and attempts to rally the villagers against the Mafia, but his struggle is destine. Cast & Crew. Read More. Pasquale Scimeca.
Oct 20, 2000 · Overview. As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice.
