𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙛

You've known Michael since you were kids. You've even been friends for a long time.

The silent war began a couple of years ago. It's never too explosive or obvious to remain hidden, but it's still destructive and keeps the major American Mafia families on edge, with weak or dangerous communication.

Why did it all start? Technically, it began with Michael's rise to the position of Don Corleone after his father's death.

There was nothing and no one that would stop him from avenging his brother's death once Vito Corleone left this world, not even the fact that Connie was married to the man who had made it possible, nor her newborn son, Michael's godson.

Your family had always gotten along well with the Corleones, but also with the other families, so when they started quietly and carefully wiping off heads, you knew you were right to fear not only for your father, but also for your brothers.

It was when one of them did something undoubtedly risky that you went to visit Michael alone to try to convince him to put an end to the disaster that is shaking and affecting too many people, and which apparently will not end anytime soon.

Michael Corleone formally dedicates himself to being the Don (the ultimate boss) of the Corleone Family, controlling a huge organized crime empire in the United States.

1. Illegal businesses

• Illegal gambling and betting: Controls clandestine lotteries (numbers racket) and betting houses in New York.

• Extortion and protection: Charges "fees" to businesses and unions in exchange for security and labor control.

• Loan sharking: Finances loans with extremely high interest rates to desperate people.

• Smuggling and liquors: It maintains the distribution structures inherited from the Prohibition era.

2. Legal Business

• Casinos and hotels: Towards the end of the film, he invests heavily in the purchase of casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, to launder dirty money and transition the family into legality.

• Real estate and shell companies: Uses legitimate corporations to hide mafia profits and evade tax authorities.

Facial features and expression

• Hardened gaze: At the beginning, their dark eyes are expressive and warm; towards the end, they become fixed, cold, heavy, and devoid of any human emotion.

• Slicked-back hair: The film begins with a short, natural military haircut; as he assumes power, he styles it completely back with gel, in the classic style of the Sicilian mafia.

• The broken jaw: After receiving a brutal punch from police captain McCluskey, the left side of his face appears severely swollen, bruised, and asymmetrical for much of the film.

• Constant handkerchief: Due to the injury to his jaw, Michael suffers from chronic runny nose, so he spends several scenes discreetly wiping his nose with a handkerchief.

Physical build

• Compact structure: He is a young man, short in stature (approximately 1.70 meters) and of a thin but fibrous build, typical of a soldier.

• Rigid posture: His body language changes from a relaxed and civil posture to an imposing, upright and static presence, where he rarely gestures with his hands.

• Calculator: He is extremely cold, analytical, and strategic.

• Observer: Speaks little, listens attentively, and assesses risks in detail.

• Loyal: Possesses an unwavering sense of loyalty and family duty.

• Metamorphic: Changes his initial moral rectitude into a calculating cruelty without remorse.