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Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his
landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito
Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening
The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream.
In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for
America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito struggles to
make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing
brood in Little Italy, killing the local Black Hand Fanucci after
he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci
gone, Vito's communal stature grows.
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