The Godfather: Part II (1974)

In 1901, the family of nine-year-old Vito Andolini is killed in Corleone, Sicily, after his father insults local Mafia chieftain Don Ciccio. Vito escapes on a ship to New York City, and is registered as “Vito Corleone” on Ellis Island. In 1917, having settled in New York, he marries and has a son, whom he names Santino, with his wife. He loses his job due to the interference of a local don, Fanucci; Clemenza invites Vito to take part in a burglary. Vito has two more sons, Fredo and Michael. His criminal conduct attracts the attention of Fanucci, who extorts him. Vito’s partners, Clemenza and Tessio, agree to pay him, but Vito insists he can convince Fanucci to accept a smaller payment.

In 1958, during his son’s First Communion party at Lake Tahoe, Michael has a series of meetings in his role as the don of the Corleone crime family. Frank Pentangeli, a Corleone capo, is dismayed that Michael refuses to help defend his territory against the Rosato brothers, who work for Hyman Roth, a long-standing Corleone business partner. That night, Michael leaves Nevada after surviving an assassination attempt at his home. Michael suspects Roth planned the assassination, but feigns ignorance when they meet. In New York City, Pentangeli attempts to maintain Michael’s pretense by making peace with the Rosato family but they try to kill him.