MOVIE · 1986
The Professor
CrimeDrama171 min
Imprisoned for murder while still young, Franco builds himself into “the Professor,” turning a prison cell into the command center of a growing criminal empire in Naples. Ben Gazzara sits at the center of Franco’s rise, as orders, loyalties, and rivalries ripple through the Camorra world beyond the bars. Laura Del Sol is among the figures pulled into that tightening circle, alongside a large Italian ensemble. The story tracks how power is assembled from confinement, with prison authority, street violence, and organized crime all feeding the same machine.
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