About life Italian mafia excited the minds of all fans crime stories. It was published in 1969. The prototype of the book was real family Bonanno, one of the five powerful families that control crime in New York and the United States. The novel gained enormous popularity, but it cannot be compared with the stunning success of the film adaptation of the gangster saga.
Director of "The Godfather"
In 1971, filming began on the film, which was later recognized as one of the best in the history of American cinema. The director and part-time scriptwriter was Francis Ford Coppola, unknown at that time. Every aspect of the big new film became the subject of controversy between the producers and the director. The actors of The Godfather are no exception.
Even Coppola himself was repeatedly criticized by the owners of Paramount and some colleagues from the set. They wanted to replace Francis with director Elia Kazan already during filming. But Marlon Brando himself stood up for him and said that he would leave the project if the director was replaced.
"Godfather"
The filming process started in 1971. The first part was filmed in 4 months. There were intrigues, fights, loud scandals and dismissals on the site. The actors of "The Godfather" were motley people; not all of them had a background in theater school or acting courses. Some, like Lenny Montana, heard about an audition for a role in a huge new gangster drama, came to the director and told him that he was a bodyguard for one of the Italian crime families. This was a godsend for Copolla. The audition for the role of Luca Brasi could be considered successful.
Casting for the role of Don Corleone himself is generally another story. Francis Ford Coppola saw only Marlon Brando in this image. By that time, the actor already had megastar status. Mr. Brando did not audition. They brought scripts to him and, after studying them, he decided for himself whether he would star in a particular film. But this time there was a catch: Paramount wanted to choose a more flexible actor for the role of Corleone.
Marlon has already established himself as a brawler, constantly being late for filming and throwing tantrums right on the set. Not everyone wanted to get involved with him, although they knew that this person’s participation in the film immediately ensured 50% of its success.
The company's rules were unchanged: at least ten actors had to audition for the role. Among the contenders were Raf Vallone, Richard Conte and several other famous people. We tried everyone, including Brando. But his casting was so veiled that Marlon himself did not immediately understand what Coppola was doing in his garden with a camera in his hands.
The cast of The Godfather, for the most part, knew little about this director. And yet, almost all the film participants admit that Francis Ford Coppola taught them a lot.
The beloved son of Don Corleone was played by the then unknown Italian Al Pacino. His attractiveness and internal energy The director immediately remembered them. Although Paramount wanted to see a more famous actor in this role.
He brought to life the role of Sunny Corleone. The actors of The Godfather are temperamental people, James was like that too. In one of the scenes of beating his blood enemy, he got into character so much that he hit his opponent several times with a trash can lid.
Played by Tom Hogan. brought to life storyline Kay Adams, she was forced to play in a full wig and was constantly worried that it would fall off. All leading actors received a fee of $35,000. Marlon Brando - 50,000 and a percentage of box office receipts. Participation in Coppola's film brought the stars even more love from the public; now they were the most well-paid actors. " Godfather-1" collected huge box office receipts and entered the elite of world cinema.
Second film
According to the director of the acclaimed crime drama "The Godfather", the sequel was not intended to be a sequel to the first film. This was a separate story about already beloved characters. And yet, just two years later the film was released. The actors of the film “The Godfather 2” were already world-class stars. Robert De Niro joined the company of Francis Copolla, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton. The film received 6 Academy Awards.
"The Godfather 3"
Almost 20 years after the release of the first film in the gangster saga about Don Corleone and his family, the third part of the epic was released. The main actors of the film “The Godfather 3” remained unchanged - Al Pacino, Michael Corleone, Diane Keaton, Kay Adams. The new character of the saga, Vincent Mancini, was brought to life on the screen, and all this action was supervised by the permanent director of the trilogy, the inimitable Francis Ford Coppola. At the global box office, the third part of the gangster franchise did not have much response from viewers.
, Robert Duvall, John Cazale and Diane Keaton.
The plot of the film "The Godfather"
The film takes place in America in 1945-1955. There is a celebration in the house of mafia boss Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) - his daughter Connie (Talia Shire) marries Carlo Rizzi (Giani Russo). Among the invited guests, many want to see the “godfather” Corleone, knowing that at this joyful moment he cannot refuse a single request. Together with his personal lawyer Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), Vito listens to his petitioners and makes important decisions.
The famous singer Johnny Fontaine (Al Martino), who is one of the godsons of the authority, comes to Vito Corleone. He asks his “godfather” to help him get a role in a new Hollywood film. Film producer Jack Woltz (John Marley) refuses to give the role to the singer, but Don Vito decides to “make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Tom Hagen flies to California and tries to solve the problem peacefully first, but Volz is adamant. Then Tom decides to take a different route - he throws the severed head of his favorite breeding horse into the obstinate producer’s bed. This move brings results instantly - Johnny Fontaine gets a role in the film.
After the release of the film “The Godfather”, the phrase “an offer you can’t refuse” became a catchphrase and found its way into all encyclopedias winged words and expressions.
The Corleone family is one of the most powerful in America. The numerous connections of the “godfather” Vito provide cover for the work of most Sicilian clans in the New World, which is a guarantor of the growth of capital and authority of the Corleones. This state of affairs does not suit his competitors, and they decide to declare war on the influential clan. They try to kill Vito Corleone, but it ends with a non-life-threatening wound, which temporarily takes the “godfather” out of the game. At this moment, one of Vito's sons, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), comes to the fore, who is determined to win this war against other mafia clans, no matter what the cost.
Making of the film "The Godfather"
In 1969, Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather was published, which instantly became a bestseller. The film company Paramount bought the rights to this film in order to film it. It was originally planned that the director of the new film would be Sergio Leone, but he refused to work on his own gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America. Robert Evans, the producer of the project, really wanted the film to be directed by an Italian-American, as he believed that this would have a good effect on the box office. Then his choice fell on another director with Italian roots - Francis Ford Coppola.
It should be noted that at that time the Paramount studio was experiencing another crisis, so it was decided to rely on a film adaptation of the bestseller. To attract the public, it was decided to make a very tough film that would excite the public. Coppola was put under some pressure to add some additional scenes of violence to the script.
The slogan of the movie “The Godfather” is “ Real power cannot be given - it can be taken."
Cult status of the film "The Godfather"
With a modest production budget of $6 million at the time, the rental brought the creators of the film more than 250 million.
Immediately after the film was released worldwide, it became clear that the film was a masterpiece. Critics and audiences unanimously admired the epic gangster drama, and Coppola and Al Pacino became idols of millions. Interestingly, over time, interest in the painting did not subside. Even in the 21st century, The Godfather is considered one of the best films of all time.
The film "The Godfather" received three Oscar awards: for best movie, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor (Marlon Brando).
Vito Andolini was twelve years old when his father was killed, who did not get along with Sicilian mafia. Since the mafia is also hunting for his son, Vito is sent to America. There he changes his surname to Corleone - after the name of the village where he comes from. Young Vito goes to work at Abbandando's grocery store. At eighteen he marries, and in the third year of marriage he has a son, Santino, whom everyone affectionately calls Sonny, and then another - Frederico, Freddie.
Fanucci, a gangster who extorts money from shopkeepers, places his nephew in Vito's place, leaving Vito without a job, and Vito is forced to join his friend Clemenza and his accomplice Tessio, who are raiding trucks with silk dresses, otherwise his family will die from hunger. When Fanucci demands his share of the money raised from this, Vito, having carefully calculated everything, kills him in cold blood. Vito does it respected person in the quarter. Fanucci's clientele goes to him. In the end, he and his friend Genco Abbandando founded a trading house for the import of olive oil. Shopkeepers who do not want to stock up on their oil are dealt with by Clemenza and Tessio - warehouses are burning, people are dying... During Prohibition, under the guise of a trading house, Vito smuggled alcohol, after the abolition of Prohibition he switched to the gambling business. More and more more people works for him, and Vito Corleone provides everyone with a comfortable life and protection from the police. They begin to add the word “don” to his name, and he is respectfully called the Godfather.
Time goes by, the Corleones already have four children, and their family is raising an orphan and street child, Tom Hagen. Sonny, at the age of sixteen, begins working for his father - first as a bodyguard, then as the commander of one of the armed squads of the mafia along with Clemenza and Tessio. Later, Freddie and Tom enter the family business.
Don Corleone is the first to understand that it is necessary to conquer not by shooting, but by politics, and that in order to protect his world from the interference of the authorities, criminal groups New York and the entire country should stick together. Through his efforts at a time when external world the second one shakes World War, inside the underworld of America - calm and full readiness reap the benefits of the American economic recovery. Only one thing saddens the Don - his younger son Michael rejects his father's care and volunteers to go to war, where he rises to the rank of captain, and at the end of the war, again without asking anyone, he leaves home and goes to university.
The actual action of the novel begins in August 1945. Don Constance’s only daughter, Connie, gets married. Don Corleone doesn't really like his future son-in-law, Carlo Rizzi, but he appoints him to the position of bookmaker in Manhattan and makes sure that the police reports drawn up on Carlo in Nevada, where he used to live, are seized. Faithful people At the same time, they deliver information to the Don about legal gambling houses in Nevada, and the Don listens to this information with great interest.
Among other guests, the famous singer Johnny Fontaine comes to the wedding, he is also the godson of the don. Johnny's life with his second wife did not work out, his voice is lost, he has troubles with the film business... What brings him here is not only love and respect for the Corleone family, but also the confidence that the Godfather will help solve his problems. And indeed, the Don arranges it so that Johnny is given the role, for which he later receives an Oscar, helps with family matters and lends him enough money for Johnny to become a film producer. Fontaine's paintings are wildly successful, and the don makes a big profit - this man knows how to profit from everything.
When Don Corleone is offered participation in the drug business together with the Tattaglia family, he refuses, since it goes against his principles. But Sonny was very interested, which did not hide from Sollozzo, who conveyed this proposal to Corleone.
Three months later, an assassination attempt is made on Vito Corleone. The killers manage to escape - the weak-willed Freddy, replacing the don's bodyguard, is numb and cannot even pull out a machine gun.
Meanwhile, Hagen is captured by Sollozzo's men. Having told Tom that Don Corleone has been killed, Sollozzo asks him to become a mediator in negotiations with Sonny, who will now become the head of the family and will be able to sell drugs. But then news comes that, despite five bullets, the Godfather survived. Sollozzo wants to kill Hagen, but he manages to deceive him.
Sonny and Sollozzo begin endless negotiations. At the same time, Sonny “evens the score” - the informant Sollozzo dies, Tattaglia’s son is killed... These days, Michael considers it his duty to be with his family.
One evening, upon entering the hospital, Michael discovers that someone has recalled Tessio's men guarding the Don's ward. This means Sollozzo will now come to kill his father! Michael quickly calls Sonny and takes a position at the entrance to the hospital - to hold out until his own people arrive. Then police captain McCloskey arrives, bribed by Sollozzo. Furious that the operation failed, he breaks Michael's jaw. Michael bore it without attempting to retaliate.
The next day, Sollozzo conveys that he wants to enter into negotiations through Michael, because he is considered a harmless weakling. But Michael is filled with cold hatred for his father's enemies. Having agreed to negotiate, he kills both Sollozzo and Captain McCloskey, who is accompanying him. After this, he is forced to flee the country and hide in Sicily.
The police, taking revenge for the murder of the captain, suspend profitable activities that are carried out in violation of the law. This brings loss to all five families of New York, and as the Corleone family refuses to hand over the killer, the underworld begins to internecine war 1946 However, when through the efforts of Hagen it is discovered that McCloskey was a bribe-taker, the thirst for revenge in the hearts of the police subsides and the pressure from the police stops. But five families continue to fight the Corleone family: they terrorize bookmakers, shoot ordinary servants, and lure people away. The Corleone family goes into martial law. Don, despite his condition, is transported home from the hospital, under reliable protection. Freddie is sent to Las Vegas to come to his senses and familiarize himself with the situation in the casinos there. Sonny manages the family's affairs - and not in the best possible way. In senseless and bloody war with five families, he manages to win a number of individual victories, but the family is losing people and income, and there is no end in sight. Several profitable bookmaking outlets had to be closed down, and Carlo Rizzi, thus left out of business, takes out his anger on his wife: one day he beat her so much that Connie, calling Sonny, asks to take her home. Losing his head with rage, Sonny rushes to intercede for his sister, is ambushed and killed.
Don Corleone is forced to leave his hospital bed and become the head of the family. To everyone's surprise, he calls all the families of New York and family syndicates from all over the country to a meeting, where he makes a peace proposal. He even agrees to take up drugs, but on one condition - no harm will come to his son Michael. The world is concluded. And only Hagen realizes that the Godfather has far-reaching plans and today’s retreat is just a tactical maneuver.
Michael meets a beautiful girl in Sicily and gets married. But his happiness was short-lived - the Barzini family, who from the very beginning stood behind Sollozzo and Tattaglia, causes an explosion in Michael’s car with the hands of the traitor Fabrizio. Michael accidentally survived, but his wife dies... Returning to America, Michael expresses his desire to become his father's real son and work with him.
Three years pass. Michael marries an American, Kay Adams, who was waiting for him during his exile. Under the guidance of Hagen and the Don, he diligently studies the family business. Like his father, Michael prefers to act not from a position of strength, but from a position of intelligence and resourcefulness. They plan to move business operations to Nevada, completely switching to a legal position there (a person who did not want to give them his territory in Las Vegas is killed). But at the same time they are developing plans for revenge on the Barzini-Tattaglia alliance. Having partially retired from business, the Don appoints Michael as his successor, so that in a year he will become a full-fledged Godfather...
But suddenly Don Corleone dies, after his death Barzini and Tattaglia violate the peace treaty and try to kill Michael, taking advantage of Tessio’s betrayal. But Michael proves that his father's choice was correct. Fabrizio is killed. The heads of the Barzini and Tattaglia families are killed. Tessio is killed. They kill Carlo Rizzi, who, as it turned out, on the day of Sonny’s murder, deliberately beat his wife at the behest of Barzini.
Upon learning of Carlo's death, Connie rushes to Michael with reproaches. And although Michael denies everything, Kay suddenly realizes that her husband is a killer. Horrified, she takes the children and leaves to live with her parents.
A week later, Hagen comes to see her. They have a terrible conversation: Tom describes to Kay the world that Michael has been hiding from her all this time - a world where you can’t forgive, a world where you have to forget about your attachments. “If Michael finds out what I told you here, I’m finished,” he finishes. “There are only three people in the world whom he will not harm: you and the children.”
Kay returns to her husband. Soon they move to Nevada. Hagen and Freddie work for Michael, Connie remarries. Clemenza is allowed to leave Corleone and start his own family syndicate. Things are going well, the dominance of the Corleone family is unshakable.
Every morning Kay goes to church with her mother-in-law. Both women earnestly pray for the salvation of the souls of their husbands - two dons, two Godfathers...
Option 2
“The Godfather” by Mario Puzo is a classic novel with an interesting plot. The reader is presented with the life of one of America’s fairly powerful syndicates associated with criminal matters. So, before us is the mafia clan of Don Corleone. The novel is imbued with unusual drama and, most importantly, believability, which brought it particular fame.
As for the characters and all the circumstances of the novel “The Godfather,” the family mentioned by the author really existed. She is also the prototype of the Bonanno family. After reading the novel, it is not at all difficult for the reader to understand that Joe Bonanno is the prototype of the character Vito Corleone, and Bill Bonanno is contrasted with Michael Corleone. So, the reader is sure that real people act in the novel “The Godfather”.
However, there is still one small discrepancy in the work related to olive oil. And then the reader wonders, what’s wrong, where did the old roots come from? That's right, in real life The importers of this type of oil were a completely different family, which was also related to criminal cases. In the novel “The Godfather,” the writer not only introduces characters and selects situations and circumstances, he does this consciously, confirming the realism of the events.
Thus, Mario Puzo argues that the hero of Johnny Fontane cannot be considered that he is based on the fact of the biographical data of Frank Sinatra, who starred in the film “From Here to Eternity.” In general, the reader already observes from the very first pages of the novel tragic fate hero Vito Andolini. He was only twelve years old when his father was killed. His father collaborated with the mafia, which was responsible for his death. To prevent bandits from approaching the boy, he is sent to America.
Later the hero leads not quite good image life. He joins his friend Clemenza and Tessio. Vito, left without work, helps them. The reader clearly realizes that the character, of course, has a choice, but it is too cruel. You cannot choose between principles and a family that is on the verge of death from hunger. Very soon the reader sees him as a fairly wealthy man. Now he is engaged in smuggling, he can easily bribe the police, and his name is attributed to “Don”. He does not need to think about where to find work to earn a piece of bread. Now he is the owner and provides everyone with a carefree life.
Summary of The Godfather Puzo
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Mario Puzo wrote the world famous novel The Godfather in 1969. The work tells the story of the mafia clan of America, which has become the most influential and powerful - this is the family of Don Corleone.
In 1987, a Russian translation of the novel “The Godfather” was made, and it was published by the magazine “Znamya”. This was the first release of the novel in Russian. And the book was filmed a little earlier, in 1972. Read the summary of "The Godfather" below.
Summary of the novel
Godfather
Vito Andolini was twelve years old when his father, who had fallen out with the Sicilian mafia, was killed. Since the mafia is also hunting for his son, Vito is sent to America. There he changes his surname to Corleone - after the name of the village where he comes from. Young Vito goes to work at Abbandando's grocery store. At eighteen he marries, and in the third year of marriage he has a son, Santino, whom everyone affectionately calls Sonny, and then another - Frederico, Freddie.
Fanucci, a gangster who extorts money from shopkeepers, places his nephew in Vito's place, leaving Vito without a job, and Vito is forced to join his friend Clemenza and his accomplice Tessio, who are raiding trucks with silk dresses, otherwise his family will die from hunger. When Fanucci demands his share of the money raised from this, Vito, having carefully calculated everything, kills him in cold blood. This makes Vito a respected man on the block. Fanucci's clientele goes to him. In the end, he and his friend Genco Abbandando founded a trading house for the import of olive oil. Shopkeepers who do not want to stock up on their oil are taken care of by Clemenza and Tessio - warehouses are burning, people are dying... During Prohibition, under the guise of a trading house, Vito smuggled alcohol, after the abolition of Prohibition he switched to the gambling business. More and more people work for him, and Vito Corleone provides everyone with a comfortable life and protection from the police. They begin to add the word “don” to his name, and he is respectfully called the Godfather.
Time passes, the Corleones already have four children, and their family is raising an orphan and street child, Tom Hagen. Sonny, at the age of sixteen, begins working for his father - first as a bodyguard, then as the commander of one of the armed squads of the mafia along with Clemenza and Tessio. Later, Freddie and Tom enter the family business.
Don Corleone is the first to understand that it is necessary to take politics, not shooting, and that in order to protect his world from government interference, criminal groups in New York and throughout the country must stick together. Through his efforts, at a time when the outside world is being shaken by the Second World War, inside the American underworld there is calm and complete readiness to reap the benefits of the rise of the American economy. Only one thing saddens the Don - his youngest son Michael rejects his father’s care and volunteers to go to war, where he rises to the rank of captain, and at the end of the war, again without asking anyone, he leaves home and goes to university.
The actual action of the novel begins in August 1945. Don Constance's only daughter, Connie, gets married. Don Corleone doesn't really like his future son-in-law, Carlo Rizzi, but he appoints him to the position of bookmaker in Manhattan and makes sure that the police reports drawn up on Carlo in Nevada, where he used to live, are seized. Faithful people also deliver information to the Don about legal gambling houses in Nevada, and the Don listens to this information with great interest.
Among other guests, the famous singer Johnny Fontaine comes to the wedding, he is also the godson of the don. Johnny's life with his second wife did not work out, his voice is lost, he has troubles with the film business... What brings him here is not only love and respect for the Corleone family, but also the confidence that the Godfather will help solve his problems. And indeed, the Don arranges for Johnny to be given the role for which he subsequently receives an Oscar, helps with family affairs and lends money sufficient for Johnny to become a film producer. Fontaine's paintings are wildly successful, and the Don makes a big profit - this man knows how to profit from everything.
When Don Corleone is offered participation in the drug business together with the Tattaglia family, he refuses, since it goes against his principles. But Sonny was very interested, which did not hide from Sollozzo, who conveyed this proposal to Corleone.
Three months later, an assassination attempt is made on Vito Corleone. The killers manage to escape - the weak-willed Freddy, replacing the don's bodyguard, is numb and cannot even pull out a machine gun.
Meanwhile, Hagen is captured by Sollozzo's men. Having told Tom that Don Corleone has been killed, Sollozzo asks him to become a mediator in negotiations with Sonny, who will now become the head of the family and will be able to sell drugs. But then news comes that, despite five bullets, the Godfather survived. Sollozzo wants to kill Hagen, but he manages to deceive him.
Sonny and Sollozzo begin endless negotiations. At the same time, Sonny “evens the score” - the informant Sollozzo dies, Tattaglia’s son is killed... These days, Michael considers it his duty to be with his family.
One evening, upon entering the hospital, Michael discovers that someone has recalled Tessio's men guarding the Don's ward. This means Sollozzo will now come to kill his father! Michael quickly calls Sonny and takes a position at the entrance to the hospital - to hold out until his own people arrive. Then police captain McCloskey arrives, bribed by Sollozzo. Furious that the operation failed, he breaks Michael's jaw. Michael bore it without attempting to retaliate.
The next day, Sollozzo conveys that he wants to enter into negotiations through Michael, because he is considered a harmless weakling. But Michael is filled with cold hatred for his father's enemies. Having agreed to negotiate, he kills both Sollozzo and Captain McCloskey, who is accompanying him. After this, he is forced to flee the country and hide in Sicily.
The police, taking revenge for the murder of the captain, suspend profitable activities that are carried out in violation of the law. This brings loss to all five families of New York, and as the Corleone family refuses to hand over the killer, the underworld begins a civil war in 1946.
However, when through the efforts of Hagen it is discovered that McCloskey was a bribe-taker, the thirst for revenge in the police’s hearts subsides and the pressure from the police stops. But five families continue to fight the Corleone family: they terrorize bookmakers, shoot ordinary servants, and lure people away. The Corleone family goes into martial law. Don, despite his condition, is transported from the hospital home, under reliable protection. Freddie is sent to Las Vegas to come to his senses and familiarize himself with the situation in the casinos there. Sonny manages the family's affairs - and not in the best way. In a senseless and bloody war with five families, he manages to win a number of individual victories, but the family is losing people and income, with no end in sight. Several profitable bookmaking outlets had to be closed down, and Carlo Rizzi, thus left out of business, takes out his anger on his wife: one day he beat her so much that Connie, calling Sonny, asks to take her home. Losing his head with rage, Sonny rushes to intercede for his sister, is ambushed and killed.
Don Corleone is forced to leave his hospital bed and become the head of the family. To everyone's surprise, he calls all the families of New York and family syndicates from all over the country to a meeting, where he makes a peace proposal. He even agrees to take up drugs, but on one condition - no harm will come to his son Michael. The world is concluded. And only Hagen realizes that the Godfather has far-reaching plans and today’s retreat is just a tactical maneuver.
Michael meets a beautiful girl in Sicily and gets married. But his happiness was short-lived - the Barzini family, who from the very beginning stood behind Sollozzo and Tattaglia, causes an explosion in Michael’s car with the hands of the traitor Fabrizio. Michael accidentally survived, but his wife dies... Returning to America, Michael expresses his desire to become his father's real son and work with him.
Three years pass. Michael marries an American, Kay Adams, who was waiting for him during his exile. Under the guidance of Hagen and the Don, he diligently studies the family business. Like his father, Michael prefers to act not from a position of strength, but from a position of intelligence and resourcefulness. They plan to move business operations to Nevada, completely switching to a legal position there (a person who did not want to give them his territory in Las Vegas is killed). But at the same time they are developing plans for revenge on the Barzini-Tattaglia alliance. Having partially retired from business, the Don appoints Michael as his successor, so that in a year he will become a full-fledged Godfather...
But suddenly Don Corleone dies, after his death Barzini and Tattaglia violate the peace treaty and try to kill Michael, taking advantage of Tessio’s betrayal. But Michael proves that his father's choice was correct. Fabrizio is killed. The heads of the Barzini and Tattaglia families are killed. Tessio is killed. They kill Carlo Rizzi, who, as it turned out, on the day of Sonny’s murder, deliberately beat his wife at the behest of Barzini.
Upon learning of Carlo's death, Connie rushes to Michael with reproaches. And although Michael denies everything, Kay suddenly realizes that her husband is a killer. Horrified, she takes the children and leaves to live with her parents.
A week later, Hagen comes to see her. They have a terrible conversation: Tom describes to Kay the world that Michael has been hiding from her all this time - a world where you can’t forgive, a world where you have to forget about your affections. “If Michael finds out what I told you here, I’m finished,” he finishes. “There are only three people in the world whom he will not harm: you and the children.”
Kay returns to her husband. Soon they move to Nevada. Hagen and Freddie work for Michael, Connie remarries. Clemenza is allowed to leave Corleone and start his own family syndicate. Things are going well, the dominance of the Corleone family is unshakable.
Every morning Kay goes to church with her mother-in-law. Both women earnestly pray for the salvation of the souls of their husbands - two dons, two Godfathers...
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