本片根据意大利真实事件改编而成。上世纪80年代初期，黑帮首脑多玛索·布西达从意大利移居巴西，然而远在意大利的自己的哥哥与孩子却相继被黑帮团伙杀害。为了惩治凶手，他开始与意大利警方合作，在两方的不断努力下，多玛索·布西达不仅抓住了杀害自己亲人的幕后黑手，并将意大利盘根错节的黑帮团伙连根拔起……

In a prison in the process of decommission, a handful of officers and the last remaining inmates await transfer to a different jail. Over time, the written and unwritten rules in place seem to lose all meaning, and this community of men in limbo takes on a new and fragile form.

2002年，多所大学激烈抗议劳动法的出台。期间，一位法官遭到谋杀，重新揭开了意大利和法国的政治伤疤。马尔科曾是一位极左派运动分子，因谋杀而被判刑，他得以前往法国避难。但是，意大利政府怀疑马尔科是此次谋杀的策划者，要求法国对他实施引渡。为了躲避抓捕，他和16岁的女儿维奥拉走上逃亡之路，在意大利的家人也不得不为他过去犯下的错误付出代价。

影片以意大利南部卡拉布里亚地区为背景，讲述了与黑手党组织光荣会相关的家族情仇。故事讲述鲁奇阿诺在乡间过着牧羊和种植蔬菜的农夫生活，刻意远离当地黑手党的血腥。多年前，同样务农的父亲被对立派谋杀。两个兄弟则选择了不同的道路..

Civilisation is coming to an end. The death of his only relative gives a feral boy the pretext to journey beyond the confines of his home environment; only by doing this will he be able to decipher his father's journal, the most valuable artefact in his legacy. This singular contribution to the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre tells of a humanity in crisis, while at the same time conveying the adventurous spirit of adolescence.

Sicily in the 1950s: The sales of the communist daily newspaper "L'Ora" have hit rock bottom when Antonio Nicastro takes over the post of editor-in-chief. With him, a breath of fresh air moves in: he resolutely drives his journalists to uncover the crimes of the Cosa Nostra, which are omnipresent in the region around Palermo. In their research, Nisticò and her journalists penetrate every corner of society and the Church. The reaction of Cosa Nostra was not long in coming: a few days after the term "Mafia" was specifically used in the newspaper for the first time, on October 19, 1958 there was a bomb attack on the offices of the daily newspaper. The headline of "L'Ora" the next day reads: "The mafia threatens us, the investigation continues".

西西里检察官尼诺·斯科特拉罗 (Nino Scotellaro) 的故事，他毕生致力于打击黑手党，突然被指控为他一直与之抗争的人之一。被定罪后，尼诺一无所有，决定实施权谋报复计划。