Secrets of the State

On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, leaving fourteen people dead and more than thirty wounded. In 1951, about a year after Giulano's violent death, his men are tried in Viterbo. Unconvinced by the official version, Gaspare Pasciotta's lawyer, decides to travel to Sicily and starts investigating the facts.

Release Date

September 2, 2003

Runtime

85 min

Genres

Drama

Directed by

Paolo Benvenuti

Written by

Paola Baroni, Paolo Benvenuti, Mario Cereghino

Language

Italian