The Godfather 3 or Coppola saved by the Corleones

Director Francis Ford Coppola came close to bankruptcy but refused to make one last sequel… We tell you.

It’s the end of a great trilogy. The conclusion of one of the most grandiose sagas in the history of the 7th art. And yet, it almost never saw the light of day… While The Godfather 3 is rebroadcast this evening on Arte, we tell you…

Grandeur and decadence

The Godfather recounted the death of a New York mobster, Vito Corleone, and the rise to power of his youngest son, Michael. A great duo with, as patriarch, Marlon Brando, and, as son, Al Pacino. In the second opus, the heir appears more and more implacable. The third is filmed in the legendary Cinecitta studios in Rome. Like the first two, it begins with a party. The clan gathered around Michael, who has just received a distinction… from the Pope, for his charitable works. Quite a medal for a gangster! As for his son, he became…