La Piovra (The Octopus) (Season 2)

La Piovra (The Octopus) (Season 2) (DVD PAL)

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Studio(s): Ruscico
DVD Region: 5
3 DVD Set
Theatrical release: 1985
DVD release: 2006
Play time: 384 min.
Sound format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, Mono
Language(s): Italian, Russian (voice-over)
Subtitles: Russian
Format: 4:3, Full Screen, Color
Genre(s): Drama, Detective, TV Series, Foreign Films

Part 1 - PAOLA - Police Inspector Cattani fights a losing battle to save his loved daughter's sanity, after what she suffered (see "La Piovra", original mini-series). He loses her, and his only trusted magistrate in the fight against The Octopus.
Running time - 62 min

Part 2 - FRIENDS IN COMMON - Cattani is approached by the Number 2 of his best friend in Rome to conspire against him, and ends up fighting for his life in prison, against thugs who are friends of his worst enemy. Cattani must swallow his pride, and recurs to the lustful Contessa who has other friends in common.
Running time - 67 min

Part 3 - RETURN TO ROME -Cattani's love life is as confused as his behaviour; he sleeps with the enemy, and is recruited to ITALA, the cultural association for the study of the ancestral popular traditions of Italy, The Octopus by another name.
Running time - 66 min

Part 4 - VENGEANCE - It leaves an acrid taste in Cattani's mouth, has he loses yet an important ally, and severes his ties with the beautiful Contessa, when he wakes up fire in enemy ground.
Running time - 65 min

Part 5 - CRIMINAL AMBITION - Cattani's major achievement so far leaves him without friends in Rome; his former teacher explains between whiskeys how easy it is for an intelligent man to fall into criminal ambition.
Running time - 65 min

Part 6 - DESTINY - Cattani's takes one year leave without pay from his desk job at the Intelligence Services, and then destiny presents him with a couple of revenge opportunities against the tandem of corrupt politicians and mafia expatriates, again at heavy personal cost.
Running time - 59 min

	Director: Florestano Vancini
	Music: Ennio Morricone
	Cast: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Martin Balsam