Rudeness (film)

Rudeness (Lo sgarbo, Le châtiment) is a 1975 film directed by Marino Girolami.

Plot
Salvatore, a young mafioso, is sent back to Sicily, after living for a long time in America, because of problems in his relations with Cosa Nostra. He is entrusted to the care of Don Mimì, the mafia boss in Palermo, who is forced to live on a wheelchair, and who lives with his young and beautiful lover, Marina, an orphan initially welcomed by the boss as a daughter. But Salvatore sets his sights on Marina, falling deeply in love with her and being reciprocated. This can only arouse the wrath of Don Mimì, who unleashes his men on the trail of the cunning Salvatore. The latter manages to take refuge in London with Maria, where he assumes the monopoly of the prostitution racket, orchestrating some lucrative scandals to the detriment of eminent personages, whom he blackmails. But the ruthless revenge, against him and Marina who has joined him in London, is not long in coming.

Production
Following the release of The Godfather, films about the mafia in Italy were struggling with their earlier commercial appeal basically having vanished. This led to later day films, such as Rudeness being overtly focused on sex.

Rudeness was shot at Incir-de Paolis Studios in Rome and on location in Palermo and Paris. Most of the film was shot in studios and included a lot of stock footage of streets and airports.

Release
Rudeness was distributed theatrically by Film Audax in Italy on May 11, 1975, with a 105-minute running time.