Television · 1998

The Octopus 9: The Pact

La piovra 9 - Il patto

In early 1960s Catania, Carabinieri Captain Carlo Arcuti investigates a French chemist assisting the Sicilian mafia in setting up illicit heroin refineries, reconnecting with Baroness Barbara Altamura as she risks everything to spy on her corrupt husband.

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Release: 1998
Genre: Crime Drama, Miniseries, Political Thriller
Format: Television
Creators: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, and Giacomo Battiato
Episode runtime: 1h 40m

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Co-produced by Tangram Film with Rai, Germans and Swedes, this installment of The Octopus explores the alliance between the mafia and politics. Captain Arcuti will die in an ambush, while councilors and developers end up dividing the island among themselves.
Silvia Fumarola on La Repubblica
We closed the chapter on the past with 'The Pact'. Now we can start over from wherever we wish. Continuing? Speaking professionally, it makes sense: it is a successful series, well-crafted, and worthy of public television.
Sergio Silva on La Repubblica
We drew inspiration from great popular literature, from opera: a melodrama with the edge of a thriller, modeled on spy films featuring an undercover agent. But this time the infiltrator mechanism plays out on an emotional level, because the infiltrator is the wife inside her husband's home.
Mimmo Rafele on La Repubblica

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