Mafioso

"This is the face of a MAFIOSO...sometimes smiling, sometimes savage. Here is the story of a man who returns to his native Sicily for a holiday and finds himself again bound to the silent laws of "The Honored Society.""

Mar 4 1965 Not Rated 1h 45m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

Plot

Antonio is a jolly, precise fellow working for an auto factory in northern Italy. He decides to take his wife and two daughters on vacation to Sicily so they can finally see his hometown and meet his family. He's excited to show them around and dispel many of the negative stereotypes about Sicilians. He even dispels stereotypes about the Mafia, saying that being a mafioso as a teen amounted to just being a messenger boy. But as Antonio reconnects with his past in Sicily, he realizes that there are more sides to being a Sicilian than he remembers.

Written by

Rafael Azcona, Bruno Caruso, Marco Ferreri

Directed by

Alberto Lattuada

Cast

Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

Compagnia Cinematografica Antonio Cervi, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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MAFIOSO
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# of Votes
3,217
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
88
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