ITALY · 1986

The Professor

Giuseppe Tornatore
prison life organized crime power dynamics underworld politics corruption
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Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.

Year1986
CountryItaly
DirectorGiuseppe Tornatore
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