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Synopsis
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.
Cinema Atlas Connection
I said to my collaborators and to the cast, 'This is what *The Godfather* is about.' It’s about the feudal lords, the kings, the emperors... I wanted the film to evoke that same kind of aristocratic splendor and melancholy.
This is what The Godfather is about. It's about the feudal lords, the kings, the emperors... I wanted the film to evoke that same kind of aristocratic splendor and melancholy.
— Francis Ford Coppola · Film Comment interview with Francis Ford Coppola by Noah Cowan (Nov/Dec 2004)