Maxi - Il grande processo alla mafia

Face to Face (1x3)

Exibido em:: Nov 06, 2018

April 10, 1986: it's the day of the confrontation between Pippo Calò and Tommaso Buscetta, the most awaited and most heated moment of the whole debate. The two bosses eventually come face to face, accusing each other of the most heinous crimes: Calò accuses his former friend of being unreliable, focusing on his marital infidelities; Buscetta reacts by emphasising Calò's contradictions, and blaming him for the disappearance of his two sons. Then, Buscetta abruptly speaks of a homicide cold case, of which he claims Calò is responsible. It is a theatrical duel, a clash between two "men of honour" who grew up together, and who were later divided by the ferocity of the Corleonesi family: Calò went over to their side, while Buscetta was forced to run away. The whole room captures the importance of the moment, and the trial lives one of its decisive days. Franco talks about the confrontation in the news, even if his life is shrouded in anxiety and concern - the same feelings that envelop the courtroom in the following days, when another "pentito", Salvatore Contorno, faces the judges. With his intervention in strict Sicilian dialect, dotted with a colourful language and a lot of anger in his words, Contorno reveals the background of various heinous crimes, and tells the details of the failed murder attempt against him. In response, the defence lawyers try in every way to prove his unreliability and to embarrass the prosecutors, and are ready to use every opportunity to interrupt the trial.