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Mafia Mamma is a 2023 American action comedy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, from a screenplay by Michael J. Feldman and Debbie Jhoon, and based on an original story by Amanda Sthers. It stars Toni Collette as an American woman who travels to Italy following the death of her grandfather, whom she discovers was a mafia Don .
Helen Catherine Hardwicke [1] (born October 21, 1955) is an American film director, production designer, and screenwriter.Her directorial work includes Thirteen (2003), which she co-wrote with Nikki Reed, the film's co-star, [2] Lords of Dogtown (2005), The Nativity Story (2006), Twilight (2008), Red Riding Hood (2011), Plush (2013), Miss You Already (2015), Miss Bala (2019), Prisoner's ...
Mamma santissima literally means "most holy mother" and refers to the Virgin Mary, who is regarded as the protector of the 'Ndrangheta. [ 2 ] The Santa was an innovation in the traditional stratification of the 'Ndrangheta introduced in the early 1970s to maximize the power and invisibility of the most important bosses. [ 1 ]
She had various nicknames, such as Nonna eroina ("Grandma heroin"), Mamma eroina ("Mummy Heroin"), or simply La Signora ("The Lady"). [2] According to Maria's daughter, Rita Di Giovine, who became a state witness in 1993: "My mother was the boss of the family. She was the one who gave the orders, even if my brother [Emilio] was the boss in name.
Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe proˈfaːtʃi]; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-American Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family of New York City.
Antonio Pelle aka "Ntoni Gambazza" or "La Mamma" [28] Giuseppe Pelle; Salvatore Pelle [29] Sebastiano Pelle; Antonino Pesce; Francesco Pesce aka "Cicciu testuni" [30] Salvatore Pesce [31] Vincenzo Pesce; Gioacchino Piromalli [2] Girolamo Piromalli; Giuseppe Piromalli (born 1921) Giuseppe Piromalli (born 1945)
Eduardo Scarpetta was born into the famous Scarpetta-De Filippo [] family and grew up around actors, playwrights, and theater directors. [1] His parents, Mario Scarpetta and Maria Basile, were actors who met in the theater.
Mafia", as an informal or general term, is often used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original Mafia in Sicily, to the Italian-American Mafia, or to other organized crime groups from Italy.