Placido Rizzotto

Placido Rizzotto (2000) is a drama, history film directed by Pasquale Scimeca rated 7.0/10.

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 his village, witnessing angry and frustrated as gangsters control local politics and take whatever they want from the people. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by the Mafia.

Cast

Marcello Mazzarella

Placido Rizzotto

Vincenzo Albanese

Luciano Liggio

Carmelo Di Mazzarelli

Carmelo Rizzotto

Gioia Spaziani

Lia

Franco Catalano

Giovanni Pasqua

Biagio Barone

Pasquale Criscione

Arturo Todaro

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

David Coco

Pio La Torre

Antonello Collesano

Tom

Matteo Barbera

Bino

Caterina Di Francesca

Madre di Placido

Liliana Abbene

Madre di Lia