''Dimenticare Palermo'' (''Forgetting Palermo'') is a 1989 Italian

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film starring James Belushi, directed by

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and co-written by Gore Vidal.BAM/PFA
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winning novel '' Oublier Palerme'' (1966) by French author Edmonde Charles-Roux.

Plot

Carmine Bonavia is candidate for mayor of New York City on the issue of drug legalization. During the campaign he gets married and travels to his ancestral home of Sicily, for the honeymoon. In the hotel in Palermo he meets a Sicilian prince who has been confined there for years because he crossed the mafia. He discovers the beauties of the Italian island but is also framed by men of power, for a crime he did not commit. He discovers that those men will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business, and is forced to decide between joining them or going to prison.

Cast

* James Belushi: Carmine Bonavia * Mimi Rogers: Carrie * Joss Ackland: the boss * Vittorio Gassman: the 'Prince' * Philippe Noiret: Gianni Mucci * Carolina Rosi: the Italian journalist *

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: the German student *

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: the florist * Marino Masé * Sal Borgese

References

External links

* * 1989 films 1980s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1980s English-language films Films set in Sicily Films about the Sicilian Mafia Films directed by Francesco Rosi Films with screenplays by Gore Vidal Films scored by Ennio Morricone 1989 thriller films Films with screenplays by Tonino Guerra Films based on French novels 1989 multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub