What is Cosa Nostra (translation)

One of the most influential criminal groups - Cosa Nostra - can be discussed very, very long, the history of its origin is very entertaining.

The history of the "family"

The story began a couple of centuries ago with the usual forced "roofing" of plantations, as well as various sites. Gangs often recruited ordinary peasants who wished to get rich by not quite legal methods. Gradually, year after year, Cosa Nostra (translation of the term from Sicilian sounds like "Our Affair") expanded the spheres of influence, moving from timid racketeering to open banditry. Accordingly, with the increase in incomes and the number of members of the mafia, the group continued to expand territorially, extending the reins of power to Calabria, Apulia and Naples.

Trying to root out and force out the mafia group from their territories, Sicily's government bodies forced the Italians to emigrate to the United States, where subsequently Cosa Nostra not only comfortably settled, but almost single-handedly led the entire criminal business in the States, particularly in the territories of Chicago and New York.

"Family" and cinema

Not surprisingly, this organization became the object of close attention of the public and inspired people of creativity to create works of art, literature and cinema. Among the most popular films, shedding light on what is Cosa Nostra, the following films are distinguished:

• "Vallantzaska are angels of evil." Milan. 70th years. The city is terrorized by the famous mafia group Comasina. The leader of the gang is Renato Vallantzaska, nicknamed "Handsome Renault". On his way, he not only broke hearts for many women, but also committed many murders. They imprison him for 260 years.

• "Amazing". The film will tell the story of the legendary Italian Prime Minister named Giulio Andreotti, who worked in this post for 6 or 7 terms. He had a good sense of humor, and he also had some connections with the local mafia. Giulio Andreotti was a little funny man who found himself at the center of death, intrigue.

• "Capone." After the film "Godfather", shot by Coppola in the 1970s, massively began to shoot various films about gangster sagas. Like other directors, Roger Corman, who shot only low-budget films, decided to keep up and also made a film about gangsters. The film was based on the biography of the famous head of the mafia world - Al Capone. It tells some episodes from the biography of the gangster. First, the young insecure person is offered help by his older friend, from whom Al Capone soon decides to get rid and take him out of his way. But in life everything happens like a boomerang, and now they are trying to remove it already.

• "Gommor". The film tells about life in Naples, the poor quarters of which belong to the Camorra mafia. The criminal grouping with each character is connected with a certain story: one took part in the murder, the second - someone betrayed and in return received a reward in money, the third - hid the toxic waste, and therefore they can not get out of the mafia world. The film is based on a book written by journalist Roberto Saviano. After the work saw the light, the author under his protection took the police.

Mafia America is not alien

Cosa Nostra has mastered the USA. This was reflected in the works of cinematography.

• The film "Donnie Brasco". The action takes place in New York in 1978. The new task is assigned to the FBI agent John Piston, he will enter the criminal group in Brooklyn and get information about the actions of the gangster gang. He needs to take a new name, forget his friends and family, because he is Donnie Brasco. In the partners, the hero is given an old mafia, who trusts the guy to carry out responsible affairs. A new world of impunity draws Donny, but he realizes that he needs to return.
• "Forget Palermo." One of the candidates for the post of a measure of the city of New York is Carmine Bonavia, whose election campaign contains a clause stating that drugs in the city need to be legalized. This state of affairs does not suit the mafia groups that specialize in the sale of drugs and are afraid of losing their money, because it is legalization that can lead to this. At a time when, before the election, Carmine travels to Palermo, the city where he was born and raised, the mafia groups are trying by all means to withdraw his candidacy from the elections.

Not the latest in popular tabloids

Goat Nostra is just an endless source of inspiration. Below are the films that are in the lead in the tabloids of popularity:

• "Godfather". A film about the criminal world of the city of New York, where the Sicilian Mafia family Corleone establishes its own rules. The action takes place from 1945 to 1955. The head of the Corleone family is Don Vito, whose daughter is soon married. The Second World War took many lives, but the beloved son of Don Vito, who was always the pride of the family, manages to survive and return home. But contrary to his father, Michael is not going to take part in the brutal family business, because he is the hero of the war. At the same time there is a redistribution of influence and power, which is preceded by endless assassination attempts on the head of the family. The film in a short time became endlessly popular, which was a convincing motivation for the release of the films "Godfather-2", "Godfather-3". This trilogy, covering a grand period from 1901 to 1980, is still considered a masterpiece and leads in the tabloids of films about the organization of Cosa Nostra.
• "Criminal novel." The film takes place during the turbulent 70's in Italy. Three guys named Lebanon, Ice and Dandy want to conquer Rome and become the embodiment of fear. This trio becomes the most dangerous gang in the whole country and throughout the criminal world. They begin to engage in daring kidnappings, contract killings and drug trafficking. Investigation of the case is entrusted to lead the police captain Scialoj, who, after attacking the gang track, is aimed at stopping the lawlessness. After all, he knows that soon the guys will become bloodthirsty wolves, which will be hard to stop. When the mafia, security services and terrorists become allies of these three gangsters, the captain of the police begins to understand that such people do not appreciate their lives, but appreciate only bloody glory and gloomy honor.
• "Malawita." What do you think, what kind of life do your neighbors live and is it possible to know about them all? And what about those neighbors who can knock at your door in the dead of night? That's exactly one day in the provincial French town with his family and a dog named Malavita settles writer Blake. After this, the town's centuries-old peace came to an end. How could a supermarket burn? What happened to the plumber? What can a nice guy carry with him? In fact, no one suspected that Blake was the former head of the mafia, who was being persecuted, and that the local government hid him in the town. Unexpectedly in the city there is a mafia - Cosa Nostra ...

Not the most famous, but insanely realistic

• "The Departed". Two people who graduated from the police academy, do one thing, but they have different tactics. One works in law enforcement agencies, but is an agent of the mafia, and the second is a "mole", which was introduced into the mafia. Each of them believes that it is he who will be able to neutralize opponents, but unexpectedly in their inner world something is changing.
• "The funeral". The laws of the family are the main thing. Therefore, when Johnny Tempio is killed, his brothers must necessarily take revenge on his brother's murderers. They manage to carry out lynching, but the consequences of such a decision are tragic for them ...
• "The cursed way." 30-ies of the twentieth century. At first glance it seems that the life of the average American Michael Sullivan is quite ordinary. He is a good father, a family man, a responsible employee, but his eldest son is tormented by the question of where his father goes in his car every morning. One day, Michael manages to get into his father's car unnoticed and see what his father is doing. It turns out that Michael is a gangster where witnesses can not be left alive. Therefore, in order to save his son, Michael will have to disobey his boss.

Crime as an influx

The flourishing and continuing unpunished lawlessness of such a criminal group gave birth to a great many ideas on the use of its glory for its own needs. The famous singer Mr. Credo (Cosa Nostra for him became a source of creative inspiration), devoted not one of his songs to the organization. In Russia there is also a whole group, bearing a similar name.

Very accurately the whole story of Cosa Nostra as a criminal group, as well as their wars with other mafia organizations, horrible murders, etc. Are transferred in the film with the same name - "Cosa Nostra". The film came out very realistic, creepy and bloody.

Modern Mafia

Despite its considerable age, the Italian mafia is not the only one in the world, as one could already guess. The sphere of its influence is very high, but it spreads within one country, except for Italian-American families - their activities are also limited to entrusting them to "care" by the states.

Other criminal groups, located in different countries on different continents, use or used their own methods of "control over the situation".

The most serious

The most famous criminal groups that continue to exist to this day are the Japanese Yakuza, Chinese Triads, Russian OPG, Colombian drug cartels, Jewish and Albanian mafia, Mexican cartels, the Turkish Mafia (despite the name, it is located, besides Turkey, in the Netherlands, the USA , Austria, England, etc.) and others. Cosa Nostra has an international format. Despite their differences, all these criminal groups share common goals: money laundering, fraud, murder, robbery, drug trafficking and other unlawful acts. The words "the mafia is immortal" are recalled, which means that the source of inspiration for the cinema in this direction will not be scanty for a long time. A sad reality.