# The Day of the Owl (1968)

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**Original title**: *Il giorno della civetta*
**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime
**Directed by**: Damiano Damiani
**Written by**: Ugo Pirro, Damiano Damiani
**Starring**: Franco Nero, Claude Cardinale, Lee J. Cobb, Tano Cimarosa, Nehemiah Persoff, Serge Reggiani

> *What are 'friends' for...? Why, for murder, terror, extortion, violence and other profitable enterprises!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You arrive in a Sicilian village to investigate a murdered contractor and uncover a silent system pulling even outsiders under. The air smells of salt and compromise. Damiani frames the Mafia not as monsters but as the town’s quiet operating system.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, slow-burn

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