The Godfather Scene 12 Summary

  • In Sicily, Michael walks down a country road with two bodyguards. They meet the Don who's protecting Michael, Don Tommasino, who's worried Michael was wandering too far from the house.
  • He walks around with his bodyguards, Fabrizio and Calo, telling them about New York. They see a village where all the men have been killed due to different vendettas, and witness a procession of American G.I.s still occupying the country.
  • Michael sees a girl picking flowers and seems to fall in love at first sight. Later, at a café, they encounter a man named Vitelli, and tell him about the woman Michael saw. He gradually realizes it's his daughter and becomes angry.
  • Michael speaks to him and convinces him that he wants to court his daughter in the old-fashioned Sicilian way, with family supervision.
  • Michael presents gifts to Apollonia and spends time with her, attended by her family.