Word: calogero
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...Calogero's father Lorenzo (De Niro) is a bus driver who has forbidden his son to have any contact with the shady characters downstairs. Along with teaching him all the important stats about the Yankees and Mickey Mantle, Lorenzo has tried to instill in his son solid sense of family and religion. His advice is essentially this: Working to provide for your family is right and admirable, so stay in school and use your talent...
...film centers on Calogero (Francis Capra), a 9-year-old boy from the neighborhood who is fascinated by the mysterious goings-on at the Chez Bippy, the bar and social club downstairs from his apartment. The reigning neighborhood mobster, Sonny, runs the place and coordinates all of his illegal dealings there. Calogero and his friends often stand on the stoop next door and mimic Sonny's every move...
Inevitably, Calogero and Sonny are drawn together when the boy sees Sonny bearing the gun after a "parking space dispute" ends up in murder. After Calogero refuses to name him to the police, he is slowly incorporated into the life and doings at Chez Bippy. Lorenzo wisely tells his son that he did a "good thing for a bad man," but warns him away. But after witnessing the glamour that encompasses Sonny's world, the rapidly aging youth insists, "The working man is a sucker...
...movie then jumps eight years ahead, after Calogero (now played by Lillo Brancato) is very involved in Sonny's mob, and Sonny has become a father figure to him. Of course their relationship causes considerable tension between Calogero and Lorenzo, but this section of the film moves onto another quite distinct subject: the escalating violence between the Black and Italian communities. Calogero now belongs to his own "social club" composed of the sameyouths who idolized Sonny and his fellow hoods.Unfortunately, Calogero's bigoted friends threatenhis interest in Jane, a beautiful young Blackwoman who just transfered to his school...
...Calogero said the investigation is stalled without information on the car's tags, and said he is "groping in the dark...