We are in the metropolis of Milan, with the economic market booming and crime destined to grow amid a dizzying prosperity. Santo Russo, a Calabrian who grew up in the hinterland, after the first thefts in the suburbs the juvenile prison. He decides to follow his aspirations and to undertake life by crime. In just a few years he has emerged as the brains of a powerful and feared gang, an armed gang of thugs and a constant stream of dirty and lucrative businesses: robbery, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering and, most unimaginably, murder. In his unbridled pursuit of wealth and social satisfaction, Santo Russo is torn between two women: his wife, submissive and devoted, and his lover, a beautiful, elegant and unattainable woman. He is faced with two very different life choices and he himself has two completely opposite faces. Santo's criminal path is made up of inevitable choices and painful trajectories: those who live or those who die, passionate love or family, the bourgeois dream or a ruthless life. A narrative that spans a quarter of a century, set against the backdrop of the Italian mafia, Ruthless tells the story of Santo Russo: a yuppie gangster who navigates the ever-changing, dizzying reality of Milan during the golden age of fashion, money, avant-garde art and disco music. Directed by Renato De Maria, the film was written with Valentina Strada and Federico Nessini. The film was inspired by Manager Calibro 9, written by Pietro Colapricco and Luca Fazzo. Riccardo Scamarcio plays Santo Russo, and the rest of the cast includes Sara Sarillocco, Alessio Pratico, Alessandro Tedeschi and Marie-Ange Casta. Producers: Angelo and Mathilde Barbagallo Production companies: BIBIFILM and RAICINEMA