One Hundred Days in Palermo

About One Hundred Days in Palermo

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.

One Hundred Days in Palermo is a 1984 crime film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara.

Lino Ventura takes the lead as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa, Giuliana De Sio as Emanuela Setti Carraro, Arnoldo Foà as Minister Virginio Rognoni, and Lino Troisi as Pio La Torre. It runs 106 minutes and was released in April 1984.

The screenplay is by Giorgio Arlorio and Giuseppe Ferrara.

TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 50 votes.