Of course, Calogero’s parents are not so pleased to see their son getting involved with Sonny. At one point, he is allowed to participate in craps under Sonny's guidance, and he has a really fun time along with Sonny and others, getting more money than he ever imagined. While frequenting the bar more than before, he becomes another usual figure in the place, and he also enjoys his changed status in the neighborhood. Not long after that incident, Sonny lets Calogero into his world to show his appreciation, and Calogero is excited by this opportunity. Lorenzo, who does not want to get involved with Sonny under any circumstance, respects his son’s decision: “You did a good thing for the bad man.” He later wonders whether he made a right choice. He considers that forbidding stare Sonny gave to him at that very moment, and does not want to be a squealer. When two cops later ask him to identify the killer, Calogero chooses not to reveal what he saw. One day, Calogero happens to witness a sudden killing committed by Sonny under broad daylight. The way these colorful figures are introduced to us one by one through Calogero’s viewpoint is reminiscent of a similar scene in Martin Scorsese’s “ Goodfellas” (1990) like young Henry Hill in that scene, Calogero watches neighborhood gangsters from the distance with innocent awe and fascination, even though he knows that they are not good people. Although his parents Lorenzo ( Robert De Niro) and Rosina ( Kathrine Narducci) keep telling him that he should stay away from a bar right next to their modest apartment building, Calogero cannot help but be attracted to that place because most of its patrons are local mafia members led by Sonny LoSpecchino ( Chazz Palminteri), an assured, charismatic boss and de facto owner of the bar. It is 1960, and Calogero Anello ( Francis Capra) is a nine-year-old boy living in the Italian neighborhood of the Bronx.
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