![]() ![]() Sonny ( James Caan), the Don's eldest child and next in line to become Don upon his father's retirement, is married but he is a hot-tempered philanderer who sneaks into a bedroom to have sex with one of Connie's bridesmaids, Lucy Mancini ( Jeannie Linero). Fredo ( John Cazale), Michael's next older brother, is a bit dim-witted and quite drunk by the time he finds Michael at the party. The wedding scene serves as critical exposition for the remainder of the film, as Michael introduces the main characters to Kay. Meanwhile, the Don's youngest son Michael (Al Pacino), a decorated Marine hero returning from World War II service, arrives at the wedding and tells his girlfriend Kay Adams ( Diane Keaton) anecdotes about his family, informing her about his father's criminal life, but he reassures her that he is different from his family and doesn't plan to join them. The Don agrees to have his men punish the young men responsible in return for future service if necessary. The Don's wife is godmother to Bonasera's shamed daughter, a relationship the Don uses to extract new loyalty from the undertaker. The Don is disappointed in Bonasera, who'd avoided most contact with the Don due to Corleone's criminal dealings. Vito, the head of the Corleone Mafia family, is known to friends and associates as "Godfather." He and Tom Hagen ( Robert Duvall), the Corleone family lawyer and Vito's adopted son, are hearing requests for favors because, according to Italian tradition, "no Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day." One of the men who asks the Don for a favor is Amerigo Bonasera, a mortician and acquaintance of the Don, whose daughter was brutally beaten by two young men for refusing their advances the men received minimal punishment. In late summer 1945, guests are gathered for the wedding reception of Don Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) daughter Connie ( Talia Shire) and Carlo Rizzi ( Gianni Russo).
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