Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets a “true education.” In 1978, he and his friends Slim and Mario embark on a 15-year criminal career, a successful and ruthless spiral of robberies, kidnappings, murders and heroin smuggling.
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| Directing | Renato De Maria | Director |
| Writing | Valentina Strada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Federico Gnesini | Screenplay |
| Production | Angelo Barbagallo | Producer |
| Writing | Renato De Maria | Screenplay |
| Camera | Gian Filippo Corticelli | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Riccardo Sinigallia | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Marta Billingsley | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paolo Segat | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Matilde Barbagallo | Producer |
| Art | Giada Esposito | Production Design |
| Sound | Emiliano Di Meo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Clelio Benevento | Editor |
| Writing | Valentina Strada | Story |
| Writing | Renato De Maria | Story |
| Writing | Federico Gnesini | Story |
| Writing | Pietro Colaprico | Novel |
| Writing | Luca Fazzo | Novel |
| Sound | Alessandro Rolla | Sound |
| Camera | Giuseppe Maio | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Cinzia Liberati | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Éric Névé | Associate Producer |
| Production | Nicolas Eschbach | Associate Producer |
| Production | Francesco Lopez | Production Manager |
| Directing | Gianluca Mazzella | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Francesco Vedovati | Casting |
| Production | Marco Matteo Donat-Cattin | Casting |
| Sound | David Quadroli | Sound Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Rita Barbera | Costume Design |
| Production | Maria Panicucci | Line Producer |
| Production | Anne-Charlotte Bradfer | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Boris Sgherza | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Michele Iorio | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vincenzo Cataleta | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | David Tomasini | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Enrico Zanetti | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Alias Gallione | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Ivanandrea Menchinelli | Boom Operator |
| Art | Andrea Gullace | Set Decoration |
| Art | Federico Faini | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adreina Becagli | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniela Tartari | Hair Department Head |
| Lighting | Felice Guzzi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Sandro Fabbriani | Key Grip |
| Crew | Massimiliano Bianchi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Saverio Desiderato | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Rodolfo Migliari | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Lena Di Gennaro | Visual Effects Coordinator |
