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Fernando + Di Leo's Mi]?lano Ca_:=libro 9 $,(_@is an..] [o;ut-and-ou-. t @mast;`;erpie=^ce of Italian Crime cin]$em`
a a/-nd, ,in/ $my opini(on, ?:+*o.*n#e of the most a@s?[t`)onishing ] cr\ime !st,ori@]!es e_ver told). The first film in D,i Leo's ex$_cel lent 'Milie.$.u' t!! rilogy, Mi^$) lano Ca$.li?bro/ 9 w ?as followed,#? b^`]y ` La ?Mala Ordina
[(aka. Man_^=/hunt, al[ s!o 1972) and  the bril@!liant (I^%l *Boss ..(197(@3).@/ ;;The th`ree fil?ms are not@* connec[,ted sto(-ry-wise, but %all thre:=e are*; `#excel ,lent, and highly reali+ stic portr(a^*..yals o?@?f organ [ized cr#ime. +#As`` far
) a*:s I am co]ncerned:/ Man;hunt is# (allthough excellent -
#) slig\
htly i`(nferior @to !t^?]his one and I#[l Bos
*s + which both stand out as absolute )_all-time hi\ghlights_ of #crime c(inema. M+: ilan$o Ca*, libro 9 is_+  the best@] ^of+ %them al l, a `f-%il\m that is astonishi`ng #,in all$* aspects, be it the inge
nious plot that,[- ap),art f++rom a compe
`lling $@s-;t],ory and`, clever twists, inclu`:des social cri$[ticis= +m, the p^/erform?#ances, the gri ]:tty atmosphere a_=nd susp,ense o.r the br^+illia)nt score. @I ^``can ha#$ r#!dly find
 the =right words  t?o ,express my admirat;ion fo)_r this)  m?asterpie!)c e whi;ch easil;%y  !ran *ks amon?^`g  th
e greatest Gang??\ster
fl+)icks e_v=er bro: 
u.-gh?:=/t#.  to ^=_^scr_een.]　　Gastone Moschin stars as Ugo :#Pi/^[azza, a toug%_h and ell ip]tical ex-^+convict who =;:has jus,
t been r==)-eleased f
! #r#om p!#ri$-s(+o
?n. Imme _diately after his release,- Ugo i;+s appr
;oached by me@_mbers of t; he Milan mob lead= b_]y the #irasci b*?le\ gangste-=#r Rocco (Mario Ad%`-(o*]rf), a\$s th(ey ;s_(us` pect  him to be responsible 
_(for the d=isappearanc=(e of a la r+??g*@((e sum of m/[oney bel-ongi_ng to the$[/i/? r$:` boss, an American (,Lionel Stander) who con^[trols the o,@?rg  anize?d cr,.ime in Milan?. ..　　M*ilano C?:-alibro 9 is a film;.(/ that ]d=e.live$rs:[ an asto@
nishing`ly realistic mood of the(- underwo\rld like hardly an#other?. :The int_*@rigui\,ng stor+%yline goe^\s in hand[ with inter esting characte-rs, ra,% w atm*osphere, ( suspense and breathta.;king *action, soci+al(, c:$riticism and brutal vio=/=lence.= (
The film is  #$simply st[\unning  from the begin?],ning to .(;the e;:nd, which is ev- e`n in
\-te#;nsified by the bri llia_nt score,%, a .\$*collabora%%;tio#=,n of the famou,.s`: com$poser L;] uis Enr`]-íquez Bacal%ov and ?@t?he Italian Progressive Rock band Osanna. Ug;: o P.:ia+.zz+!a mus\_$t=*= be o();;ne of %
the most _ :char)^ismatic ga[`!#ngster /c?hara
cter%\*s ever in cinema, and Gastone Moschin w@$as the p refect] choice for the role.. Moschin d.
el;?ivers a brill,iant p _erformance, an-d % the rest )of th#e cast  is also gr`*ea^ t ..%) Mari*o `Ad.,orf is irascible (_like a r@abid dog as$ th[_e %)ferocious gangster [[Rocco, a role that fits hi#)_(m like a glove. The /great Lionel Stander $^@fit $s p^;,+$erf[@e(ctly in= hi(_,s role o*f*] the:; Ame@*(ric\-?an Mafia [:Don.　　The /two co*_)p char:#acte=#_rs$ in the film are play??ed by two__( of th (`e gr ea=\test` re%/gulars of
 Ita]lian gen\re-c.]\i)(nema, Luigi*! Pis (tilli [and:# F;^_rank Wolf
f (who co%^mmitted suic /\id%!e befor-e :-the* \ film wa$ s released). ?The ravis!hi@
ng Barbara @Bouchet is astonish% ing)%@ #a`nd in-]cr_].edi^b[ly sexy in th/e rol.e of Ugo P
iazza's [stripper girl;(f!!r#iend. Bouc_he#(t is b)`oth a stun)ni((,ng b=e*!auty and an excellent actres!s !%an%\@)d this is, doubt\@less- : l (y )) one of her mos-@t (memorable rol[`;es. This is also a polit*(ical film and direct/.]?or :,Di Leo embedded a lot of social c@riticism about _ ].topics like+  *corrupti\on. T(,=his .;film si;$mp+ly has ev(erything on;e can! p_o]s\ ?sib/ly desir=
e in cin= ema. Films like Milano Ca$[libro 9 a.re the re*aso n$^ w():hy I love ci!nema. Th is` is\#
an a,b,\so?/lute masterp:?iece in all #_regards and, without- exaggeration, *one of th%$e grea?
tes-(t Crime f;!licks ,/(`ever mad;[+e! The ing\enious  ope[ning scene alone is mo),re memorabl-e t`han most fi
#lms get in two hours.