Antonino Saetta (25 October 1922 – 25 September 1988) was an Italian magistrate who prosecuted several high-profile cases involving organized crime in Sicily.
One of the cases involved the killing of Emanuele Basile, a captain in the Carabinieri (Italian police force),[4] by mafia members Armando Bonanno and Giuseppe Madonia.
On 25 September 1988, a few months after the trial concluded, and a few days after Bonanno and Madonia were recommended for lifetime prison terms, Saetta and his son, Stefano, were murdered.
In 1996, the Court d'Assises of Caltanissetta sentenced Salvatore Riina, Francesco Madonia and Pietro Ribisi to life imprisonment for the double murder of Saetta and his son.
As an adolescent, he suffered from mental health issues that forced him to leave school and be declared as a 'civil invalidity'; however, his symptoms did not continue into adulthood, and he appeared cured.
Storia di Antonino e Stefano Saetta, written and directed by Davide Lorenzano, produced by Cristian Patanè, with cinematography by Daniele Ciprì.
The film includes interviews with family, friends and colleagues such as Antonino Di Matteo, who investigated and tried the case, which resulted in lifetime prison sentences for the defendants.