Secrets of the State

Name: Secrets of the State
Director: Paolo Benvenuti
Released: 2003
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Antonio Catania, David Coco, Bruno De Stephanis, Sergio Graziani, Francesco Guzzo

2003 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 153 VOTES · DIR. Paolo Benvenuti

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 679 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 In memory of Danilo Dolci.

00:04:12 Beginning at 3:15, when Officer Renzi saw the bandit

00:12:00 What I told you is the sacred truth!

00:15:53 - Let him speak! - Silence!

00:18:23 I have to know what happened in Portella della Ginestra

00:21:19 I couldn't talk in the cell. Corrao was listening to us

00:24:17 Perfect!

00:27:08 was thrown in with the others to cause confusion!

00:29:51 if Toto consigns himself immediately to Ettore Messana

00:31:33 his father Vito, his uncle Antonino Coraci

00:34:07 "but when the plan failed,"

00:37:29 and shoot him in front of everyone

00:41:25 and then with the others following

00:44:39 he'd sent Colonel Paolantonio to see Honorable Li Causi

00:47:35 only Giuliano firing the breda machine gun on Pelavet

00:50:16 for lack of evidence

00:52:54 Once here, we heard a big "Hurrah!"

01:00:29 But, more than half of the injuries were caused by hand grenade schrapnel

01:03:02 The men with me were to create panic

01:05:10 The arrival of the car holding Li Causi prisoner!

01:07:33 Vidalin, an eXcellent tonic

01:11:13 all Sicilians

01:13:14 but now, there are three dangerous witnesses here...

488:04:08 of the Penal Procedure Code

Cast & Characters

Antonio Catania Avvocato David Coco Pisciotta Bruno De Stephanis Giudice Sergio Graziani Professore Francesco Guzzo Cacaova Aldo Puglisi Perito balistico

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed679

Dialogue density8.0 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line488:04:08

Production Record

DirectorPaolo Benvenuti

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes153