Carlito's Way (1993)

Cast/Avec Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller...

In 1975, after serving 5 years of a 30 year prison sentence, Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). Carlito vows to be through with his criminal activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro (John Ortiz) to a drug deal held at a bar. Guajiro is betrayed and killed by his suppliers and Carlito is forced to shoot his way out. Afterwards, Carlito takes Guajiro's $30,000 from the botched deal and uses it to buy into a nightclub owned by a gambling addict named Saso (Jorge Porcel) with the intent on saving $75,000 to retire to the Caribbean...

New York, 1975. Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino), ancien seigneur de la drogue, est libéré de prison grâce aux magouilles d’un avocat, David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn) totalement accro à la cocaïne. Avec une seule idée en tête : se ranger et travailler dans le domaine de la location de voitures, décrocher, se construire une nouvelle vie loin des crimes et de la dope. Mais le destin s’acharne sur lui, la pègre envahit son night-club, les jeunes truands ambitieux prolifèrent, les meurtres, la tension... tout recommence, comme avant...