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The Godfather: It is the late 1940s in New York and "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a powerful Mafia "family." His youngest son Michael had defied Vito by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II. Michael has returned with no intention of continuing the family business, but after several assassination attempts on his father's life, Michael wants revenge on the men responsible. He is groomed as the new Don, leading the family to a new era...
88) Fifteen
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Set in the Bronx in 1967, the revolution of the 60's is not only an exterior uprising in the world, but an upheaval at home in this traditional second-generation Italian-American family. The story is told from the viewpoint of the mother, Maria, and the daughter, Angelina. Maria married young, to a man 15 years older and set in his ways. Angelina is a typical teen of the turbulent era. When Pasquale, the sultry Italian stallion enters the picture,...