Servillo plays Catello Palumbo, who has just emerged from six years behind bars.
says the peeling sign on the road into town).
Accountants, the courts and environmental protests have ruined his prospects.
From left, Toni Servillo and Elio Germano in ‘Sicilian Letters.‘Giulia Parlato
He faces something close to poverty.
Even worse, he faces idleness.
Using his enduring status as Gaetanos friend and his sons godfather, Palumbo will help them find Matteo.
There is also something perversely fanciful about it.
So here it is: mob movie as a ripping yarn.
Its a fair point.
Their topsy-turvy economys hinterland, the drug trade, is a long way away.
