Palermo Sicily 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta a former mobster to defeat the clan of Corleone the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals policemen judges even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.