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The Sicilian

Play trailer Poster for The Sicilian R,  1987,  1h 55m,  Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 11% 18 Reviews Tomatometer 42% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
11% Tomatometer 18 Reviews 42% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Salvatore Giuliano (Christopher Lambert) steals money from the wealthy and gives the funds to the downtrodden in his native Sicily. As word of Salvatore's work spreads, and he becomes beloved by the Italian working class, his head begins to swell. But Salvatore makes a potentially lethal mistake when he crosses his benefactor, the powerful Mafia boss Don Masino Croce (Joss Ackland). Seeking revenge, Don Masino pulls in Salvatore's cousin, Pisciotta (John Turturro), to take out the bandit.

Critics Reviews

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Variety Staff Variety Jul 22, 2008
The Sicilian represents a botched telling of the life of postwar outlaw leader Salvatore Giuliano. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out Jun 24, 2006
The dialogue is ponderously poetic, stilted and over-emphatic, characters are convenient cyphers, and both cutting and photography tend towards the bombastic. Folly, then, but gloriously inept and overblown. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times May 20, 2003
1.5/5
The film is a mess, though hardly on the panoramic scale of Heaven's Gate. Go to Full Review
Richard Freedman Newark Star-Ledger Jan 14, 2026
2/4
"The Sicilian" comes perilously close to Cimino's epic disaster "Heaven's Gate." Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Oct 8, 2020
1.5/5
Cimino's euphuistic portrait of misplaced romanticism is barely durable. Go to Full Review
Octavi Marti El Pais (Spain) Jun 17, 2020
Not since Midnight Express had a film premiered where a certain Anglo-Saxon arrogance was so evident. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Rey G Mar 21, 2017 Sicilian Salvatore Giuliano tries to liberate Sicily in the 1940's from the state, the mafia and the church. Lots of blood shed in this one. Box made comparisons to The Godfather. Never realizes those lofty aspirations. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Cimino

Director

Christopher Lambert

Salvatore Giuliano

Terence Stamp

Prince Borsa

Joss Ackland

Don Masino Croce

John Turturro

Pisciotta

Richard Bauer

Hector Adonis

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The Sicilian

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Movie Info

Synopsis Salvatore Giuliano (Christopher Lambert) steals money from the wealthy and gives the funds to the downtrodden in his native Sicily. As word of Salvatore's work spreads, and he becomes beloved by the Italian working class, his head begins to swell. But Salvatore makes a potentially lethal mistake when he crosses his benefactor, the powerful Mafia boss Don Masino Croce (Joss Ackland). Seeking revenge, Don Masino pulls in Salvatore's cousin, Pisciotta (John Turturro), to take out the bandit.
Director
Michael Cimino
Producer
Michael Cimino
Rating
R
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.4M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround
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