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La sfida
ITALY · 1958

La sfida

Francesco Rosi
organized crime power ambition smuggling fruit and vegetable distribution regional crime boss
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Synopsis

Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.

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