Vento del sud also known as South Wind is a 1959

1959 in film

The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....

 Italian

Italy

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 mafia

Mafia

The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...

 crime

Crime

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 thriller film directed by Enzo Provenzale starring Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...

 and Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca....

.

Plot

Young Sicilian worker, Antonio Spagara, has been assigned by the Mafia to murder a nobleman, Marquis Macri. But at the last minute Antonio pulls out and instead of killing the father, he flees to Palermo

Palermo

Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

 with Grazia, his daughter. Life ther ein the city is difficult, as the young man must confront his father and his despotic sister Dorotea. The Mafia also is not going to tolerate Antonio's desertion.

Cast

• Renato Salvatori
  Renato Salvatori
  Renato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca....
  
   ... Antonio Spagara
• Claudia Cardinale
  Claudia Cardinale
  Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
  
   ... Grazia Macri
• Salvo Randone
  Salvo Randone
  Salvatore "Salvo" Randone was an Italian theatrical and film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1977.He was married to the actress Neda Naldi-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Romolo Valli
  Romolo Valli
  Romolo Valli was an Italian actor.Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked both for the stage and the silver screen...
  
  
• Rossella Falk ... Deodata Macri
• Laura Adani
  Laura Adani
  Laura Adani was an Italian actress. She appeared in 13 films between 1933 and 1980.She was born in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Mocalieri, Piedmont.-External links:...
  
   ... The baroness
• Giuseppe Cirino ... Luigino
• Salvatore Fazio ... The knight
• Ivo Garrani
  Ivo Garrani
  Ivo Garrani is an Italian actor. In films since 1952, Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's Black Sunday .-External links:...
  
   ... The mafia godfather
• Annibale Ninchi ... Marquis Macri
• Sara Simoni ... The landlady
• Franco Volpi... Guido Lo Gozzo