The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.
Social & External
The people behind it
Fabrizio Gifuni
Giuseppe Fava
Dario Aita
Claudio Fava
Lorenza Indovina
Lina Fava
Carlo Calderone
Miki Gambino
Federico Brugnone
Riccardo
Simone Corbisiero
Antonio
Davide Giordano
Saro
David Coco
Cav. Graci
Beniamino Marcone
Rosario
Fabrizio Ferracane
Gaetano Caponnetto
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