Screened episode(s) : 1 & 4
Format : 5 x 50min
The Camorra boss known as “The Professor” manages and administers the reformed Camorra from prison. Helped by his faithful sister Rosaria, the man escapes from the penitentiary and creates a powerful criminal organization that manages to infiltrate all levels of society.
Adapted from The Camorrist by Giuseppe Marrazzo.
A remarkable series by Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), produced in 1985 and censored for 40 years by the mafia, Il Camorrista, which has finally resurfaced, portrays a dark time in Italy, when the man known as “The Professor” ran the Naples mafia from his prison cell.
