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Synopsis. At the end of World War II, Placido Rizzotto returns to his Sicilian village to discover a new Mafia chief has taken over, unfairly appropriating land and allocating jobs. Placido becomes leader of a local trade union and attempts to rally the villagers against the Mafia, but his struggle is destined to end in martyrdom.
Placido, the son of Carmelo Rizzotto comes back from the war armed with a new anti-fascist consciousness but purer than ever of heart. He cannot accept the arrogance of the land managers and the brutal way in which they select those lucky few who will work the fields and whose families will be able to eat.
Based on true events and featuring actual news footage, this film tells the story of Placido Rizzotto (Marcello Mazzarella), who, after a tumultuous childhood and adolescence, decides to stand up ...
As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home, he becomes increasingly aware that the Mafia has taken hold of ...
Placido Rizzotto and Peppino Impastato are two Italian mafia victims whose names were long forgotten until their story became the subject of two films both released in 2000—Placido Rizzotto, by Pasquale Scimeca, and One Hundred Steps, by Marco Tullio.
Placido Rizzotto was based on a true story and features newsreel footage of some of the real-life figures who appear as characters in this film. Popular Movie Trailers See All .
Dal film "Placido Rizzotto, un omaggio alla storia di un "uomo giusto" ucciso più di cinquant'anni fa e del quale non esiste (non è mai esistita) nemmeno la ...
