Mario Puzo

Unico superstite di una famiglia sterminata da Don Ciccio a Corleone, Vito Andolini, ragazzo dalla salute malferma, raggiunge gli Stati Uniti nel 1901 dove, per un errore degli ufficiali del porto, prende il nome di Vito Corleone. Cresciuto nel mezzo delle prepotenze della Mano Nera nella "Little Italy", apprende l'arte del protezionismo e della camorra…

Nel 1979, a New York, Michael Corleone, sessantenne, ammalato di diabete, tormentato dai rimorsi e stanco di violenza, ha raggiunto la rispettabilità: venduti i casinò di Las Vegas e investito il ricavato, utilizzando i servizi della Banca vaticana, è diventato celebre per le sue opere di beneficenza, cosicché, con l'aiuto di un arcivescovo…

After a break of more than 15 years, director Francis Ford Coppola and writer Mario Puzo returned to the well for this third and final story of the fictional Corleone crime family. Two decades have passed, and crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now divorced from his wife Kay (Diane Keaton), has nearly succeeded in keeping his promise that his family would one day be "completely legitimate." Determined to buy redemption, Michael and his lawyer B.J. (George Hamilton) are working on a complicated but legal deal to bail the Vatican out of looming financial troubles that will ultimately reap billions and put Michael on the world stage as a major financial player. Michael is in failing health and suffers a mild diabetic stroke. Stylish mob underling Joey Zaza (Joe Mantegna) is muscling into the Corleone turf. And then there's Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia), the illegitimate and equally temperamental son of Michael's long-dead brother Sonny. Vincent desperately wants in to the family (both literally and figuratively), and at the urging of his sister Connie (Talia Shire), Michael welcomes the young man and allows him to adopt the Corleone name. However, a flirtatious attraction between Vincent and his cousin, Michael's naïve daughter Mary (Sofia Coppola) develops, and threatens to develop into a full-fledged romance and undo the godfather's future plans.