Francesco Di Leva

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.

Tangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father’s old friends, who risk everything to save him.

On the night before his retirement, police lieutenant Franco Amore is called to investigate the death of a long-time partner of his in a diamond ...