Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, his younger brother, for some help. Michele is a good guy not involved with the Mafia, that is trying to build his life on honesty and hard-working. Michele needs some money to give freedom to a prostitute he is in love, and Mario promise his help in change of an hands to set up his trap for the judge. Anyway Michele isn't made with the same "pasta" of Mario, he couldn't never be a real Mafioso and this causes many between the two brother and the Mafia. There is only a way for Mario to save his brother. A way that Mafia could like.
| Directing | Damiano Damiani | Director |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Editing | Enzo Meniconi | Editor |
| Camera | Sebastiano Celeste | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Damiano Damiani | Story |
| Writing | Laura Toscano | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Marotta | Screenplay |
| Writing | Damiano Damiani | Screenplay |
| Art | Umberto Turco | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Cozzolino | Costume Design |
| Production | Giancarlo Montesano | Production Manager |
| Directing | Enrico Bergier | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Carlo Savina | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Luciano Luna | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Alessandro Grossi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Francesco Damiani | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Fabio Massimo Necci | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Roberto Petrozzi | Sound |
| Sound | Armando Janota | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Decio Trani | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Italo Tonni | Still Photographer |
| Production | Roberto Ornaro | Administration |
| Production | Carla Zacchia | Accountant |
| Production | Daniele Passani | Unit Manager |
| Production | Francesco Benvenuti | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Egle Guarino | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Luigi Vallini | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Alessandro Gabriele | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Antonietta Ciuffetti | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Giuliana Michieli | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gianfranco Mecacci | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giovanna Pigureddu | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sergio Gennari | Hairstylist |
| Art | Francesca Carle | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Giancarlo Rocchetti | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Agostino Gorga | Gaffer |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Roberto Arcangeli | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Giovanni Corridori | Special Effects |