Mafioso [videorecording] / Dino de Laurentiis distribuzione presenta ; una produzione Compagnia Cinematografica Cervi S.p.A. production ; un film di Alberto Lattuada ; soggetto di Bruno Caruso ; scenneggiatura di Marco Ferreri, Rafael Atzcona [sic], Age e Scarpelli ; regia di Alberto Lattuada ; un film Dino De Laurentiis ; prodotto da Antonio Cervi.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Special ed.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (21 p. ; 19 cm.)
Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio, Carmelo Oliviero, Armando Thiné, Lily Bistrattyn, Michèle Bally, Cinzia Bruno, Katiuscia Piretti, Hug Hurd. Theatrical rights by Janus Films; theatrical re-release by Rialto Pictures, Studio Canal. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. Special features: "Ritratti d'autore" a 1996 interview with director Alberto Lattuada by filmmaker Daniele Luchetti; new video interviews with the director's wife, actress Carla Del Poggio, and son, Alessandro Lattuada; trailers for the original Italian release and the 2007 U.S. rerelease; gallery of promotional caricatures by artist Keiko Kimura; booklet includes new essays by Phillip Lopate and Roberto Chiesi and a 1982 interview with Alberto Lattuada.
Summary:
Nino is an auto-factory foreman who takes his proper, modern wife and two blonde daughters from industrial Milan to the antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. Nino gets more than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors and himself.
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