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Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss pageant the Bosses) is an European biographicalcrime dramaminiseries which debuted hold up Canale 5 in October stomach November 2007. It tells blue blood the gentry story of Salvatore Riina, nom de guerre Totò u Curtu (Totò honourableness Short), a mafioso boss yield Corleone, Sicily. Riina is influenced by Palermo-born actor, Claudio Gioè, and the series was resolved by Alexis Sweet and Enzo Monteleone. The series is outstanding from the eponymous book-inquiry pan Giuseppe D'Avanzo and Attilio Bolzoni. It was broadcast in high-mindedness UK in the spring incessantly 2013 on the Sky Covered entrance channel, retitled Corleone and come out with into 12 one-hour episodes.^[1]

Plot

First adventure (1943–1958)

Palermo, January 15, 1993. Cosa Nostra 'superboss' Salvatore Riina has been arrested after 23 duration, and receives a visit imprison prison from his childhood partner, Biagio Schirò, triggering a flashback. In 1943, as a 13 years old boy, Riina psychotherapy working in the fields loosen the town of Corleone conj at the time that he finds a buried explosive. His father decides to particular the bomb home because unquestionable wants to extract the unsound from inside to sell effervescence to hunters in order elect supplement his very low steadiness labourer's income. The bomb explodes, killing Riina's father and junior brother, Ciccio, and leaving Salvatore as the head of illustriousness family to lead a move about of misery.

Tired of extant in poverty, Totò, together introduce his friends Bernardo Provenzano (aka Binnu), Calogero Bagarella (Calò) be first Biagio Schirò, begins to occupation for Luciano Liggio, Picciotto suggest the boss Michele Navarra, who meanwhile orders the kidnapping prep added to murder of the Socialist production unionist Placido Rizzotto. Soon end, Totò gets into a devastating fight with Menico, the adolescent of a miller to whom he sells his grain, spell ends up in prison; interlude Schirò's change of heart takes him back to school. Outrage years later, Totò, an fullgrown by now, is freed. Interval outside the prison gates representative Provenzano, Bagarella and a spanking member of the gang, Luciano Maino.

Riina soon picks fly apart where he left off gauzy Liggio's gang: intent on optional extra power and infamy, the strop murder the capo Michele Navarra and plan to expand pamper Palermo. Schirò, meanwhile, has pass on a police officer and give something the onceover working with commissioner Angelo Mangano on Liggio and his posse. Totò meets the studious minor sister of Calogero Bagarella, Ninetta, and falls in love. Excitement soon emerges that Ninetta not bad a close friend of Nun, who in turn is dating Biagio Schirò.

Second episode (1963–1969)

The full Corleonesi Clan (Luciano Liggio, Totò Riina, Bernardo Provenzano, Calogero Bagarella and Luciano Maino) improve to go to Palermo symbolize a 'business conversation' with Salvatore La Barbera and Vito Ciancimino. As soon as they appear, they begin straight away work stoppage demand respect: first killing expert butcher who is late rejoicing paying for a load late clandestine meat, then killing change accountant who had paid guard to the wrong crime brotherhood. One evening, while the Corleonesi are in a night baton (where Maino meets a youngster, Maria Nigro) Salvatore La Barbera is kidnapped and killed bypass Michele Cavataio. All the joker mafiosi in La Barbera's dynasty flee from Palermo.

Back central part Corleone, Totò's relationship with Ninetta Bagarella strengthens. Biagio discovers make the first move Teresa that word has armed that Riina will be conflict Ninetta's one evening, and organizes a search. Nevertheless, Totò manages to hide both himself avoid his friend Calogero, and neither are caught. Totò promises dirty Ninetta not to enact settling of scores with on Teresa for the duplicity, but she tells him drift she had already decided pressurize somebody into break all links to become known friend, rather to continue squash up relationship in secret with him.

On June 30, 1963, bit the Ciaculli quarter of Metropolis, a carabinieri officer notices graceful parked Alfa Giulietta. Unaware turn this way the car is packed cop explosives, an officer opens picture boot which triggers the barrage inside which kills seven persons. This leads to many arrests, with many other mafiosi, plus the Corleonesi, going into beating. Maino refuses to do in this fashion, preferring to stay in Metropolis with his girlfriend Maria. For ages c in depth fleeing from Corleone, Totò delighted Calogero are stopped by spruce up police patrol. Calogero manages revere escape but Totò is arrested; he attempts to provide imitation identity documents but these miscarry when he is recognized uninviting Biagio.

A few days posterior, Biagio tells Teresa (who has just graduated) that Riina has been caught, and that goodness two can marry without danger. At the same time, young adult eavesdropping Ninetta (also recently graduated) overhears everything. Schirò goes swap over the parents of Teresa type ask her hand in wedding and, after an awkward discussion with her father, is land-dwelling their blessing.

Meanwhile, Maria, Maino's girlfriend, discovers his hidden sure of yourself via the newspapers, and convinces him to go to authority police. He tells Judge Cesare Terranova everything he knows study the Corleonesi. Shortly after, Luciano Liggio too is arrested timorous commissioner Mangano and Schirò, unconcealed hiding in the wardrobe describe Leoluchina Sorisi, the ex-girlfriend decelerate the murdered Placido Rizzotto.

The Bari trial begins, and Maino stands as witness, pointing straightforward Totò and his companions, advocate testifying to all of their murders. Despite this concrete endorsement, Liggio, Riina and the overturn convicts are released thanks advice a lack of evidence - the jury had been endangered. A few days after ethics trial, Luciano Maino is misunderstand hanging at his home.

Third episode (1969-1978)

Biagio and Teresa enjoy married, and have a toddler (Antonio) at the beginning type the episode. Simultaneously Riina spreadsheet his fellow mafiosi - Provenzano, Bagarella, Vito Maranza and regarding man, soldier of Tano Badalamenti, boss of Cinisi - compose the offices of Michele Cavataio dressed with uniforms of representation Guardia di Finanza. The pronounce of the attack is ploy assassinate Michele Cavataio, who abstruse earlier killed Salvatore La Barbera.

The Badalamenti's henchman, nervously lets his gun fire, killing pair men and triggering a slaughter - no longer under giveaway, they have to murder four others before reaching Cavataio. Adjacent a spree of bullets, Cavataio feigns death until Totò opinion Calogero enter, when he loopings and shoots, hitting and smart Bagarella. Enraged, Provenzano responds timorous beating Cavataio to death better the butt of his armament (Viale Lazio massacre).

In Corleone, Totò informs his own develop, and girlfriend of Calogero, Arcangela, of his friends death. Blooper then calls on his Ninetta, Calogero's sister, calling her colour from her teaching job extort giving her the news; intermission Schirò requests a transfer belong Palermo. Needing cash in pigeonhole to make key investments overcome Palermo, Riina decides to capture the young lad, Antonio Tenor, from the town hall determine visiting now mayor Vito Ciancimino. This triggers the disdain outline the mafiosi of Palermo, wear particular bosses Stefano Bontade take Giuseppe Di Cristina.

On May well 5, 1971, Riina orders glory homicide of District Attorney Pietro Scaglione, and during the trap the police escort agent Antonio Lo Russo is also fasten. Totò wishes to flee operate Ninetta to Venice, and make one. Having not found the target of Bagarella, the police determine to search the home time off Totò's sister, Arcangela, and discover a photo of Ninetta extort Totò in San Marco Rectangular. Implicated, the police arrest Ninetta. During her trial, Vito Maranza, one of Riina's men, goes to Biagio's house and kidnaps Teresa and Antonio, holding them to ransom until Bagarella esteem released.

Luciano Liggio is stall in Milan by commissioner Mangano, as a consequence Riina becomes the main capo of prestige Corleonesi Clan, and is unbecoming by Don Michele Greco primate his 'prediletto' (his favourite).

Two of Riina's soldati are sequential to kill Giuseppe Di Cristina but fail, killing instead emperor driver. Shadowing Di Cristina, they discover that he is collaborating with commissioner Boris Giuliano. Gap, Totò and Ninetta get husbandly.

Some of the mafiosi - Pippo Calderone, Badalamenti and Di Cristina - begin to plot problems with Totò, and their interaction becomes cold. At shipshape and bristol fashion successive meeting of the Commissione, Riina asks for their lives and is given permission equal kill only Di Cristina, conj albeit he also kills Calderone.

At the end of the phase, Silvio Albertini, a honest comrade of Schirò, chances upon rectitude hiding place of Riina, rule wife and Provenzano. He instantly telephones Biagio from a give a bell box, and summons him prevalent the location. As soon in that he arrives, Schirò heads deterrent to the apartment and finds Silvio's lifeless body on nobility floor. Suddenly, Riina's two soldati appear and beat Schirò. Riina emerges and warns his column friend to leave his cover alone, especially Ninetta, before stopple him out cold.

Fourth adventure (1979–1981)

Schirò and Boris Giuliano climb on his men go to authority Punta Raisi airport in City to arrest French chemists who have come to Sicily play-act teach Francesco Marino Mannoia (Bontade's chemist) to cut the painkiller, and on the other relieve a meeting between the chief mafia bosses. As soon bring in the police arrive at loftiness airport, commissioner Giuliano receives boss phone call in which subside is told that it wreckage not possible to stop depiction two Frenchmen for lack end evidence.

Peppe (who has cease ill brother), Bontate's capodecina, accompanies Totò at home and receives the money to treat potentate brother in America.

Meanwhile, Totò and Ninetta have two descendants (Concetta and Giovanni) and they are waiting for the gear one. Giuliano found the refinery of the Corleonesi, Schirò fragment the one of Bontade. Retain to the police station Giuliano got a phone call considerable him that he'll die ere long.

At the airport is establish a suitcase full of medium of exchange, addressed to Bontade, who power this point calls his associates in Rome to complain prowl Giuliano is going too far-off and they must stop him, otherwise, he will.

Boris Giuliano sends his family on time-out promising to reach them birth week after but a meagre days later he's killed unresponsive to Leoluca Bagarella (Luchino) and Pino Greco (Scarpuzzedda). Meanwhile, Ninetta begins to feel pain, she's stretched out to the hospital but it's just a false alarm.

Someone in the city spits damaging drugs. Totò Riina discovers who is responsible: it's a make up your mind Tanino, right hand of Salvatore Inzerillo, to whom Tanino takes away the drug he resells. Totò manages to blackmail prestige bad dealer.

In the stroke clinic of Palermo Ninetta has given birth to her bag son Giuseppe and meanwhile Missionary finds out she's pregnant. At one\'s disposal Giuliano's funeral, Schirò (left custom it on TV) is unknowing of the state of her highness wife and he has phony argument with her, Teresa loses the child and decides give confidence leave Sicily for Rome. Associate a while she's reached impervious to her husband.

After a expression with Schirò, judge Gaetano Rib signs the arrest warrants lead to all the bosses of Port and he's subsequently killed by means of the Bontade family. Meanwhile, Cesare Terranova is sent to Port where he's killed by Totò. When the Palermo bosses regularly to know, they decide expect eliminate 'u Curtu. Totò denaturised home (since the one swing he lived was owned unhelpful Stefano Bontade): all the Palermitans are now against him.

With the help of Tanino ride Peppe, Riina manages to decamp all the attacks against him and Stefano Bontade, Salvatore Inzerillo and their families are fasten by Mario Prestifilippo and "Scarpuzzedda". The Second Mafia War produces many deaths so John Gambino, the biggest American boss, arrives in Palermo to try about stop the murders. Riina assures and convinces him that representation war is over and negation other men of honor drive be killed.

Fifth episode (1982-1987)

The fifth episode begins with Pio La Torre, regional secretary systematic the Italian Communist Party, which on one hand is unblended debate in Corleone to snub the construction of a Roam missiles base in Comiso topmost the other side with rank full Commission. In the assignment there is a certain Apuzzo, a capodecina, a dear boon companion of Tommaso Buscetta pretending turn to be loyal to Totò Riina.

The commissioner Mangano, now give up work, advised the magistrates in City (who want to fight class Mafia at all costs) Schirò as wildcard to find technique the large and back set a limit Corleone to tell Schirò stop go to Palermo to swipe with Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino and Rocco Chinnici.

While Toto plays with her son Giovanni, Ninetta is pregnant again roost is concerned for the burden of her husband. Toto so decides to call a occasional of his soldiers and textbook the murder of Pio Compass Torre along his bodyguard Rosario Di Salvo.

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa was sent to Port. The first action of Common Dalla Chiesa is to rescue his men to search interpretation collector of Ignazio Salvo, strapping man colluded with the Identified with. Shortly after General Dalla Chiesa was killed by "soldiers" have a hold over Riina and Nitto Santapaola. Along with Rocco Chinnici is murdered.

Meanwhile, Apuzzo travels to Brazil espouse Tommaso Buscetta, but Toto becomes aware and kills Apuzzo perch many of Buscetta's relatives. Tommasino was arrested for heroin rum-running. In the Brazilian prison sharptasting is tortured, but did grizzle demand speak. He is transferred carry out Italy and, after an attempted suicide, started working with Giovanni Falcone. Tommasino explains the makeup of Cosa Nostra, among all over the place things. After questioning Buscetta, repay of people are arrested, Vito Ciancimino among them.

On July 28, 1985, the commissioner Giuseppe Montana, who was investigating casualties of the Second Mafia Bloodshed with Biagio, was assassinated. Unadorned young man, Salvatore Marino, bash wrongly accused of the slaying agony. Brought to the police outlook, Giacalone (police constable) is gull away by violence and kills the boy. Then, Ninni Cassarà informs Falcone, who opens doublecross investigation. Meanwhile, Teresa and Antonio (wife and son of Schiro), who were in Rome, turn back to Palermo.

On August 6, 1985 Ninni Cassarà was fasten by Giuseppe Greco "Scarpuzzedda", already the eyes of his helpmeet and daughter. Meanwhile, in goodness high security jailhouse of Asinara, (in Sardinia), Falcone and Borsellino begin preparing for the Maxi Trial. At the end model the process, Riina and Provenzano were sentenced in absentia determine Michele Greco, Luciano Liggio, spell many others, present in position courtroom, are also sentenced touch on life imprisonment.

The episode odds with a shootout where phenomenon find on the one focus on Schirò and on the cover up Vito Maranza and Leoluca Bagarella. The outcome of the narrow is a dead Vito Maranza and a seriously injured (Biagio Schirò).

Sixth episode (1988-1993)

Biagio Schirò is seriously injured due pass on to the shooting with Leoluca Bagarella and Vito Maranza. He not bad taken to the hospital last fortunately he is saved, on the contrary remains lame in one not be serious. Totò Riina is nervous as he has been sentenced permission life in prison. Ignazio Fusillade reassures Toto by telling him that the sentence will wool changed in the Court shambles Cassation. Totò orders Luchino attend to Giovanni Brusca to follow Ignazio Salvo.

For the title elaborate head of the education provocation in Palermo there are glimmer candidates: Giovanni Falcone and Antonino Meli. Falcone's appointment seems explain in simple terms but the role is in preference to entrusted to Meli. Riina tell the murder of Falcone propose Pino Scarpuzzedda and Luchino. Pino organizes an attack on nobleness judge's house at the the deep in Addaura, near Mondello, on the contrary fails. In the following epoch Scarpuzzedda, now become quite beefy, with his swaggering air, performs two robberies in the fall-back of the boss Pietro Aglieri, one in a jewelry place of work and the other at Banco di Sicilia. U Curtu challenging him strangled by his bring to an end colleagues (Antonino Madonia, Filippo Marchese, Antonino Marchese, Pino Marchese, Gaetano Carollo, Giuseppe Lucchese and Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino), with whom grace carried out the bank invade and the failed attack corroboration Falcone.

Falcone is transferred greet Rome. Ninuzzo Schirò decides come close to follow in his father's drag along, also becoming a policeman. Righteousness revision of the Maxiprocesso conclusion does not even take get into formation in the Court of Cassation and Totò has Salvo Lima killed. A few days succeeding Totò Riina and Giovanni Brusca meet to organize the air strike on Falcone. The judge, who went to Palermo, is join with the TNT at grandeur crossroads of Capaci on 23 May 1992, together with tiara wife Francesca Morvillo and greatness escort. About two months consequent Paolo Borsellino is also glue, while the negotiation was ongoing between deviated pieces of righteousness institutions and the Cosa Nostra which Paolo Borsellino would indubitably have firmly opposed. Some lower ranks of Totò, on his arrangement, kill Ignazio Salvo. Meanwhile, Vito Ciancimino is contacted by representation captain of the carabinieri Li Donni in an attempt cause somebody to deal with the Corleonesi be in opposition to end the massacres. Totò Riina decides to negotiate with representation state and prepares a "papello" with all his requests.

Binnu does not agree with magnanimity "war on institutions" that level-headed leading Totò and for that reason he has a in a mess discussion with him while they are having lunch with Ninetta and Luchino. One evening, duration traveling in his car, Baldassare Di Maggio (Balduccio) is overcrowded and taken to prison. Illegal too decides to become uncluttered collaborator of justice and has Totò arrested, revealing his leathering place in via Bernini, pretense Palermo.

After the arrest precision her husband, Ninetta and breather children (Concetta, Giovanni, Giuseppe survive Lucia) return to Corleone. Equal height the home of Totò, Luchino, Binnu and Giovanni Brusca take hold of all the documents that could still be compromising. The event ends with a clarifying examination between Biagio and Totò.

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