Mafioso: Meet the Badalamentis!
By March 17, 2008
The 1960s were a heady time for Italian cinema. On the one hand, you had the postwar . . . Read more »
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.
| Antonio "Nino" Badalamenti | Alberto Sordi |
| Marta | Norma Bengell |
| Don Vincenzo | Ugo Attanasio |
| Don Liborio | Carmelo Oliviero |
| Rosalia | Gabriella Conti |
| Director | Alberto Lattuada |
| Producer | Antonio Cervi |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Screenplay | Marco Ferreri, Rafael Azcona, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli |
| Executive producer | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Editing | Nino Baragli |
| Music | Piero Piccioni |
By March 17, 2008
The 1960s were a heady time for Italian cinema. On the one hand, you had the postwar . . . Read more »
By March 17, 2008
Up until the early 1960s, Italian cinema represented the Mafia as a mythological and . . . Read more »
By March 17, 2008
The 1960s were a heady time for Italian cinema. On the one hand, you had the postwar . . . Read more »
By March 17, 2008
Up until the early 1960s, Italian cinema represented the Mafia as a mythological and . . . Read more »
By March 17, 2008
The 1960s were a heady time for Italian cinema. On the one hand, you had the postwar . . . Read more »
By March 17, 2008
Up until the early 1960s, Italian cinema represented the Mafia as a mythological and . . . Read more »