Mafioso

7.6

/10

1h 45mDrama Comedy Crime

In Alberto Lattuada’s brilliant dark comedy MAFIOSO, auto-factory foreman Nino (Alberto Sordi) takes his proper, modern wife (Norma Bengell) and two blonde daughters from industrial Milan to antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. But Antonio gets more than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors—and himself. One of the first Italian films to look frankly at the Mafia, Lattuada’s devastatingly funny character study is equal parts culture-clash farce and existential nightmare.

Spoken language: it

Starring Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Carmelo Oliviero, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio, Cinzia Bruno, Katiusca Piretti, Lilly Bistrattin, Michèle Bailly, Hugh Hurd

Watch "Mafioso" on Criterion Channel released in 1962. It's a drama and comedy movie, and has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.