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Pages in category "Films about the Sicilian Mafia" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Traitor (Italian: Il traditore) is a 2019 internationally co-produced biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about the life of Tommaso Buscetta, the first Sicilian Mafia boss who was treated by some as pentito.
Gomorrah (Italian: Gomorra) is a 2008 Italian crime drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Roberto Saviano, who also collaborated in the screenplay. It deals with the Casalesi clan , a crime syndicate within the Camorra — a traditional criminal organization based in Naples and Caserta , in the ...
The movie was financed by Netflix and RAI. [2] [3] It stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano and Claudio Amendola, and focuses on the connections between organized crime and politics in Rome in 2011, inspired by true events from the Mafia Capitale. [4] Suburra was the name of a suburb of Ancient Rome.
Films about the Mafia, criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the Italian Mafia.The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence.
The story of Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, whose recent arrest by police in Palermo after 30 years on the run made global headlines, is set to become a big-budget film.
Inspired by the worldwide success of The Godfather films, in the 1970s Italian films depicted Mafiosi as anti-heroes, men who made their livings via crime, but who possessed a certain nobility and grandeur of character. [29] The two most important Mafia films of the 1970s have been described as The Godfather and Mean Streets. [33]
1. Happy as Lazzaro . Best for Family Fun. Director: Alice Rohrwacher Run Time: 2 hours 7 minutes This fantastical drama is about a young, good-hearted sharecropper (Lazarro) living in rural Italy.