Mafia Kills Only in Summer
[The filmmaker] does a remarkable job negotiating the delicate balance between humor and heartrending emotion in his terrific feature debut.
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
Pierfrancesco Diliberto (a renowned TV host and political comedian, better known as Pif) wrote, directed, and stars in this subversive, irreverent feature debut about Arturo, a young boy whose obsession with the Mafia’s casual presence in his city surpasses even his passion for Flora, the beautiful schoolmate who remains his main love interest until adulthood. Pif uses Arturo’s unrequited love story as the vehicle to narrate the most tragic events in Italy’s recent history, starting with the Cosa Nostra’s criminal actions in Sicily in the ’70s, which soon spread through the country (encompassing the barbaric murder of judges Falcone and Borsellino, an event that Pif handles with astounding boldness). Winner of the Audience Award at the Torino Film Festival, MAFIA is a brave and intelligent dark comedy with a powerful message.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
“One day I stopped and looked around. And that’s when I asked myself the question: how can the Mafia enter the lives of people so arrogantly in Palermo and so few say something about it?”
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
“One day I stopped and looked around. And that’s when I asked myself the question: how can the Mafia enter the lives of people so arrogantly in Palermo and so few say something about it?”
Genre
Comedy,
Crime,
Romance
Runtime
90
Language
Italian
Director
Pif
Cast
Pif,
Alex Bisconti
Played at
Town Center 5 3.27.15 - 4.02.15
Royal 3.27.15 - 4.02.15
Playhouse 7 3.27.15 - 4.02.15
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