On the corpses of his competitors, he wanted to build the American dream... Writer Oliver Stone and director Brian De Palma have made one of the best mob movies of all time.
In the summer of 1980, 125,000 people emigrated from the Cuban port of Mariel with Fidel Castro's approval. About a fifth of them had criminal records, as Castro needed to get rid of "undesirables". About half of the refugees settled in and around Miami. This event forms the prologue to the new version of Scarface. One of the emigrants, Tony Montana (Al Pacino), adapts very quickly to the new conditions of the free world. He and his friend Manny (Steven Bauer, the only native Cuban among the main cast) do odd jobs in the local underworld, and in one drug deal they end up with stolen money, which Montana uses to build his own drug empire. But as his power and wealth grows, so does his ego and, above all, his paranoia that someone will rob him of his gains in the same way he did... Director De Palma has shot his film in a spectacular, sweeping style that relies on an almost manic performance from Al Pacino. Rather than the original Scarface, he looked to Coppola for inspiration The Godfather, as is evident from Pacino's casting. Other actors of note include the then little-known Michelle Pfeiffer (Montano's wife Elvira) and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantoni
Scarface
Krimi / Drama / Thriller
USA, 1983, 163 min
Directed by Brian De Palma
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