Romanzo Criminale

The rise and fall of the Banda della Magliana, the criminal gang that controlled Rome's underworld through the 1970s and 80s — and had connections to the secret services, the Vatican, and the far right. Epic in scale, intimate in its tragedy: three friends bound together by loyalty to something that will eventually consume all of them. Italy's answer to Goodfellas, with more politics and more heartbreak. Later adapted into an excellent TV series, but the film came first.