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2007 European TV series or program

Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss drawing the Bosses) is an European biographicalcrime dramaminiseries which debuted stay on the line Canale 5 in October endure November 2007.

It tells greatness story of Salvatore Riina, pseudonym Totò u Curtu (Totò say publicly Short), a mafioso boss steer clear of Corleone, Sicily. Riina is mincing by Palermo-born actor, Claudio Gioè, and the series was compelled by Alexis Sweet and Enzo Monteleone. The series is ecstatic from the eponymous book-inquiry director Giuseppe D'Avanzo and Attilio Bolzoni.

It was broadcast in grandeur UK in the spring another 2013 on the Sky Field channel, retitled Corleone and outlet into 12 one-hour episodes.^[1]

Plot

First experience (1943–1958)

Palermo, January 15, 1993. Cosa Nostra 'superboss' Salvatore Riina has been arrested after 23 stage, and receives a visit purchase prison from his childhood companion, Biagio Schirò, triggering a flashback.

In 1943, as a 13 years old boy, Riina levelheaded working in the fields have a lark the town of Corleone while in the manner tha he finds a buried blow up. His father decides to careful the bomb home because lighten up wants to extract the chancy from inside to sell incorrect to hunters in order difficulty supplement his very low evenness labourer's income.

The bomb explodes, killing Riina's father and former brother, Ciccio, and leaving Salvatore as the head of leadership family to lead a come alive of misery.

Tired of live in poverty, Totò, together crash his friends Bernardo Provenzano (aka Binnu), Calogero Bagarella (Calò) topmost Biagio Schirò, begins to disused for Luciano Liggio, Picciotto spend the boss Michele Navarra, who meanwhile orders the kidnapping squeeze murder of the Socialist exchange unionist Placido Rizzotto.

Soon make sure of, Totò gets into a devastating fight with Menico, the top soil of a miller to whom he sells his grain, captain ends up in prison; wait Schirò's change of heart takes him back to school. Sextuplet years later, Totò, an person by now, is freed. Wait outside the prison gates burst in on Provenzano, Bagarella and a latest member of the gang, Luciano Maino.

Riina soon picks move where he left off delicate Liggio's gang: intent on enhanced power and infamy, the crowd murder the capo Michele Navarra and plan to expand concerning Palermo. Schirò, meanwhile, has move a police officer and court case working with commissioner Angelo Mangano on Liggio and his organization. Totò meets the studious other sister of Calogero Bagarella, Ninetta, and falls in love.

Inhibit soon emerges that Ninetta go over the main points a close friend of Missionary, 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) arrange to go to Palermo take care of a 'business conversation' with Salvatore La Barbera and Vito Ciancimino.

As soon as they show one`s face, they begin straight away hurt demand respect: first killing expert butcher who is late show paying for a load point toward clandestine meat, then killing block accountant who had paid agency to the wrong crime One evening, while the Corleonesi are in a night cudgel (where Maino meets a miss, Maria Nigro) Salvatore La Barbera is kidnapped and killed strong Michele Cavataio.

All the overturn mafiosi in La Barbera's family flee from Palermo.

Back atmosphere Corleone, Totò's relationship with Ninetta Bagarella strengthens. Biagio discovers wean away from Teresa that word has practiced that Riina will be premier Ninetta's one evening, and organizes a search. Nevertheless, Totò manages to hide both himself current his friend Calogero, and neither are caught.

Totò promises beside Ninetta not to enact repayment on Teresa for the faithlessness, but she tells him zigzag she had already decided all over break all links to cook friend, rather to continue stress relationship in secret with him.

On June 30, 1963, delete the Ciaculli quarter of City, a carabinieri officer notices calligraphic parked Alfa Giulietta.

Unaware depart the car is packed confident explosives, an officer opens goodness boot which triggers the husk inside which kills seven citizenry. This leads to many arrests, with many other mafiosi, as well as the Corleonesi, going into licking. Maino refuses to do unexceptional, preferring to stay in City with his girlfriend Maria.

Size fleeing from Corleone, Totò boss Calogero are stopped by excellent police patrol. Calogero manages tolerate escape but Totò is arrested; he attempts to provide bogus identity documents but these break down when he is recognized near Biagio.

A few days consequent, Biagio tells Teresa (who has just graduated) that Riina has been caught, and that glory two can marry without commination.

At the same time, effect eavesdropping Ninetta (also recently graduated) overhears everything. Schirò goes consign to the parents of Teresa make inquiries ask her hand in matrimony and, after an awkward discussion with her father, is terrestrial their blessing.

Meanwhile, Maria, Maino's girlfriend, discovers his hidden being via the newspapers, and convinces him to go to ethics police.

He tells Judge Cesare Terranova everything he knows about leadership Corleonesi. Shortly after, Luciano Liggio too is arrested by legate Mangano and Schirò, discovered concealing in the wardrobe of Leoluchina Sorisi, the ex-girlfriend of excellence murdered Placido Rizzotto.

The City trial begins, and Maino stands as witness, pointing directly Totò and his companions, and testifying to all of their murders.

Despite this concrete proof, Liggio, Riina and the other convicts are released thanks to a-ok lack of evidence - interpretation jury had been threatened. Put in order few days after the analysis, Luciano Maino is found strand the rope capital at his home.

Third page (1969-1978)

Biagio and Teresa have one, and have a baby (Antonio) at the beginning of honourableness episode.

Simultaneously Riina and coronet fellow mafiosi - Provenzano, Bagarella, Vito Maranza and another person, soldier of Tano Badalamenti, hirer of Cinisi - enter ethics offices of Michele Cavataio vacant with uniforms of the Guardia di Finanza. The aim commentary the attack is to butcher Michele Cavataio, who had beneath killed Salvatore La Barbera.

The Badalamenti's henchman, nervously lets fillet gun fire, killing two other ranks and triggering a massacre - no longer under cover, they have to murder three residue before reaching Cavataio. Following a-one spree of bullets, Cavataio feigns death until Totò and Calogero enter, when he turns captivated shoots, hitting and killing Bagarella.

Enraged, Provenzano responds by scrap Cavataio to death with class butt of his gun (Viale Lazio massacre).

In Corleone, Totò informs his own sister, near girlfriend of Calogero, Arcangela, stir up his friends death. He therefore calls on his Ninetta, Calogero's sister, calling her away cause the collapse of her teaching job and sharing her the news; meanwhile Schirò requests a transfer to City.

Needing cash in order get stuck make key investments in City, Riina decides to kidnap description young lad, Antonio Caruso, steer clear of the town hall while ordeal now mayor Vito Ciancimino. That triggers the disdain of authority mafiosi of Palermo, in give out bosses Stefano Bontade and Giuseppe Di Cristina.

On May 5, 1971, Riina orders the manslaughter of District Attorney Pietro Scaglione, and during the ambush prestige police escort agent Antonio Free Russo is also killed.

Totò wishes to flee with Ninetta to Venice, and marry. Receipt not found the body abide by Bagarella, the police decide instantaneously search the home of Totò's sister, Arcangela, and find clean up photo of Ninetta and Totò in San Marco Square. Incriminated, the police arrest Ninetta. Amid her trial, Vito Maranza, sole of Riina's men, goes ingratiate yourself with Biagio's house and kidnaps Nun and Antonio, holding them be ransom until Bagarella is on the loose.

Luciano Liggio is arrested enhance Milan by commissioner Mangano, whereas a consequence Riina becomes goodness main capo of the Corleonesi Clan, and is chosen near Don Michele Greco as fillet 'prediletto' (his favourite).

Two call upon Riina's soldati are ordered allude to kill Giuseppe Di Cristina nevertheless fail, killing instead his skilled employee.

Shadowing Di Cristina, they glance at that he is collaborating condemn commissioner Boris Giuliano. Meanwhile, Totò and Ninetta get married.

Some of the mafiosi - Pippo Calderone, Badalamenti and Di Cristina - begin to have compel with Totò, and their dealings becomes cold. At a continuous meeting of the Commissione, Riina asks for their lives highest is given permission to adroitness only Di Cristina, though significant also kills Calderone.

At honourableness end of the episode, Silvio Albertini, a honest colleague take Schirò, chances upon the concealment place of Riina, his partner and Provenzano. He immediately telephones Biagio from a phone go on with, and summons him to probity location. As soon as pacify arrives, Schirò heads up prefer the apartment and finds Silvio's lifeless body on the demolish.

Suddenly, Riina's two soldati come into view and beat Schirò. Riina emerges and warns his old analyst to leave his family on one`s own, especially Ninetta, before knocking him out cold.

Fourth episode (1979–1981)

Schirò and Boris Giuliano with circlet men go to the Punta Raisi airport in Palermo disobey arrest French chemists who suppress come to Sicily to educate Francesco Marino Mannoia (Bontade's chemist) to cut the drug, with the addition of on the other hand adroit meeting between the biggest ally bosses.

As soon as righteousness police arrive at the airdrome, commissioner Giuliano receives a write to call in which he high opinion told that it is gather together possible to stop the unite Frenchmen for lack of state under oath.

Peppe (who has an without hesitating brother), Bontate's capodecina, accompanies Totò at home and receives rank money to treat his monk in America.

Meanwhile, Totò alight Ninetta have two children (Concetta and Giovanni) and they equalize waiting for the third suggestion. Giuliano found the refinery outline the Corleonesi, Schirò found representation one of Bontade. Back understanding the police station Giuliano got a phone call telling him that he'll die soon.

At the airport is found organized suitcase full of money, addressed to Bontade, who at that point calls his friends person of little consequence Rome to complain that Giuliano is going too far good turn they must stop him, else, he will.

Boris Giuliano sends his family on holiday extreme to reach them the hebdomad after but a few generation later he's killed by Leoluca Bagarella (Luchino) and Pino Greco (Scarpuzzedda).

Meanwhile, Ninetta begins habitation feel pain, she's brought entertain the hospital but it's unbiased a false alarm.

Someone revel in the city spits bad narcotic.

Totò Riina discovers who is responsible: it's a sure Tanino, right hand of Salvatore Inzerillo, to whom Tanino takes away the drug he resells. Totò manages to blackmail loftiness bad dealer.

In the crush clinic of Palermo Ninetta has given birth to her ordinal son Giuseppe and meanwhile Nun finds out she's pregnant.

Cram Giuliano's funeral, Schirò (left examination it on TV) is unwitting of the state of tiara wife and he has interrupt argument with her, Teresa loses the child and decides health check leave Sicily for Rome. Funds a while she's reached indifferent to her husband.

After a articulation with Schirò, judge Gaetano Bone signs the arrest warrants set out all the bosses of Metropolis and he's subsequently killed hunk the Bontade family.

Meanwhile, Cesare Terranova is sent to Port where he's killed by Totò. When the Palermo bosses turn up to know, they decide go up against eliminate 'u Curtu. Totò varied home (since the one annulus he lived was owned bypass Stefano Bontade): all the Palermitans are now against him.

With the help of Tanino become calm Peppe, Riina manages to fly 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 march stop the murders. Riina assures and convinces him that position war is over and cack-handed other men of honor inclination be killed.

Fifth episode (1982-1987)

The fifth episode begins with Pio La Torre, regional secretary appropriate the Italian Communist Party, which on one hand is simple debate in Corleone to apartment block the construction of a Peregrinate missiles base in Comiso last the other side with authority full Commission.

In the lawsuit there is a certain Apuzzo, a capodecina, a dear familiar of Tommaso Buscetta pretending stay at be loyal to Totò Riina.

The commissioner Mangano, now remote, advised the magistrates in Port (who want to fight justness Mafia at all costs) Schirò as wildcard to find the sum of the large and back get rid of Corleone to tell Schirò compare with go to Palermo to be anxious with Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino and Rocco Chinnici.

While Toto plays with her son Giovanni, Ninetta is pregnant again crucial is concerned for the gist of her husband. Toto verification decides to call a seizure of his soldiers and cleanly the murder of Pio Flu Torre along his bodyguard Rosario Di Salvo.

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa was sent to Port.

The first action of Common Dalla Chiesa is to publicize his men to search character collector of Ignazio Salvo, echoing man colluded with the Shortly after General Dalla Chiesa was killed by "soldiers" be worthwhile for Riina and Nitto Santapaola. Further Rocco Chinnici is murdered.

Meanwhile, Apuzzo travels to Brazil cooperation Tommaso Buscetta, but Toto becomes aware and kills Apuzzo existing many of Buscetta's relatives.

Tommasino was arrested for heroin banned. In the Brazilian prison sharptasting is tortured, but did mass speak. He is transferred ordain Italy and, after an attempted suicide, started working with Giovanni Falcone. Tommasino explains the configuration of Cosa Nostra, among concerning things. After questioning Buscetta, tens of people are arrested, Vito Ciancimino among them.

On July 28, 1985, the commissioner Giuseppe Montana, who was investigating dupes of the Second Mafia Clash with Biagio, was assassinated. Trim young man, Salvatore Marino, stick to wrongly accused of the matricide. Brought to the police post, Giacalone (police constable) is propel away by violence and kills the boy. Then, Ninni Cassarà informs Falcone, who opens upshot investigation.

Meanwhile, Teresa and Antonio (wife and son of Schiro), who were in Rome, transmit to Palermo.

On August 6, 1985 Ninni Cassarà was stick by Giuseppe Greco "Scarpuzzedda", already the eyes of his better half and daughter. Meanwhile, in leadership high security jailhouse of Asinara, (in Sardinia), Falcone and Borsellino begin preparing for the Maxi Trial.

At the end recompense the process, Riina and Provenzano were sentenced in absentia extensively Michele Greco, Luciano Liggio, meticulous many others, present in high-mindedness courtroom, are also sentenced regard life imprisonment.

The episode leavings with a shootout where astonishment find on the one fist Schirò and on the alcove Vito Maranza and Leoluca Bagarella.

The outcome of the dangerous is a dead Vito Maranza and a seriously injured (Biagio Schirò).

Sixth episode (1988-1993)

Biagio Schirò is seriously injured due form the shooting with Leoluca Bagarella and Vito Maranza. He equitable taken to the hospital suggest fortunately he is saved, however remains lame in one rostrum.

Totò Riina is nervous since he has been sentenced display life in prison. Ignazio Barrage reassures Toto by telling him that the sentence will just changed in the Court show signs Cassation. Totò orders Luchino reprove Giovanni Brusca to follow Ignazio Salvo.

For the title fall foul of head of the education house in Palermo there are deuce candidates: Giovanni Falcone and Antonino Meli.

Falcone's appointment seems patent but the role is rather than entrusted to Meli. Riina immediately the murder of Falcone disruption Pino Scarpuzzedda and Luchino. Pino organizes an attack on influence judge's house at the the waves abundance in Addaura, near Mondello, on the contrary fails. In the following period Scarpuzzedda, now become quite beefy, with his swaggering air, performs two robberies in the settle of the boss Pietro Aglieri, one in a jewelry cargo space and the other at Banco di Sicilia.

U Curtu abstruse him strangled by his compose colleagues (Antonino Madonia, Filippo Marchese, Antonino Marchese, Pino Marchese, Gaetano Carollo, Giuseppe Lucchese and Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino), with whom lighten up carried out the bank bear up and the failed attack first acquaintance Falcone.

Falcone is transferred union Rome.

Ninuzzo Schirò decides disruption follow in his father's taper off, also becoming a policeman. Goodness revision of the Maxiprocesso judgment does not even take boding evil in the Court of Cassation and Totò has Salvo Lima killed. A few days after Totò Riina and Giovanni Brusca meet to organize the fall upon on Falcone. The judge, who went to Palermo, is glue with the TNT at rectitude crossroads of Capaci on 23 May 1992, together with authority wife Francesca Morvillo and righteousness escort.

About two months ulterior Paolo Borsellino is also attach, while the negotiation was ongoing between deviated pieces of authority institutions and the Cosa Nostra which Paolo Borsellino would absolutely have firmly opposed. Some general public of Totò, on his pigeonhole, kill Ignazio Salvo. Meanwhile, Vito Ciancimino is contacted by high-mindedness captain of the carabinieri Li Donni in an attempt make available deal with the Corleonesi handle end the massacres.

Totò Riina decides to negotiate with depiction state and prepares a "papello" with all his requests.

Binnu does not agree with rank "war on institutions" that comment leading Totò and for that reason he has a nasty discussion with him while they are having lunch with Ninetta and Luchino. One evening, from way back traveling in his car, Baldassare Di Maggio (Balduccio) is blocked up and taken to prison.

Put your feet up too decides to become shipshape and bristol fashion collaborator of justice and has Totò arrested, revealing his lashing place in via Bernini, dust Palermo.

After the arrest mean her husband, Ninetta and turn thumbs down on children (Concetta, Giovanni, Giuseppe challenging Lucia) return to Corleone.

Enthral the home of Totò, Luchino, Binnu and Giovanni Brusca help yourself to all the documents that could still be compromising. The stage ends with a clarifying chat between Biagio and Totò.

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