The Godfather Part II

Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 (suom. "Kummisetä, osa II")

The sequel to "The Godfather" continues the Corleone family saga (and shows events in the main characters' common childhood) with a somewhat different way of storytelling. The film displays its plot partly in such a subtle manner I think it took me about 5 viewings to cover the holes in the patchwork, especially regarding Fredo's and Hyman Roth's activities in Havana. A heartbreaker for me was the fact that earlier in the film poor Fredo was telling a child that whenever he used to go fishing as a child he would recite Hail Mary which would help him catch fish (which is a manner of inspiring children of religious themes) yet in the end of the film when unexpecting Fredo is out on the lake fishing (without any children around) he is actually still reciting Hail Mary. This means that he was still left a child at heart and never grew up to participate in the family business.