The Palermo Connection (To Forget Palermo)

1990 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

Thriller Mafia

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business. Written by Peter Reiher

Direction Francesco Rosi

Cast James Belushi · Mimi Rogers · Joss Ackland · Philippe Noiret · Vittorio Gassman

Soundtrack Ennio Morricone

Screenplay Tonino Guerra · Francesco Rosi · Gore Vidal · Edmonde Charles-Roux

Cinematography Pasqualino De Santis

Original title Dimenticare Palermo