Mafioso (film)

1962 Italian film by Alberto Lattuada

Mafioso

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Directed by| Alberto Lattuada
Written by| Rafael Azcona
Bruno Caruso
Marco Ferreri
Agenore Incrocci
Furio Scarpelli
Produced by| Tonino Cervi
Dino De Laurentiis
Starring| Alberto Sordi
Norma Bengell
Cinematography| Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by| Nino Baragli
Music by| Piero Piccioni
Nino Rota
Distributed by| Rialto Pictures
Zenith International Films

Release date

* 25 October 1962 (1962-10-25) (Italy)

Running time

| 100 minutes[1]
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Mafioso is a 1962 Italian Mafia black comedy film directed by Alberto Lattuada. The film stars Alberto Sordi as a factory manager who visits his hometown in Sicily and is tasked with performing a hit for the Mafia. It was awarded Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[2]

## Plot

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Antonio Badalamenti, a Sicilian who has been settled for many years in Northern Italy and is employed in a car factory in Milan, takes a vacation with his family, leaving behind the modern conveniences of his home in Northern Italy, to visit his childhood village in Sicily and introduce his blond, northern-Italian wife, Marta, to his mother, father and other relatives back home.

While his wife suffers in the comparatively rustic conditions of her husband's hometown and has trouble adapting to the culture of Sicily, Antonio becomes reacquainted with his childhood friends. He also pays a visit to the local don, Don Vincenzo, who is a crime boss. The don smooths over some problems Antonio had with a deal to buy some property on the island, and in return, Antonio is tasked with carrying out a hit for the mob. As an outsider with no strings attached and a crack shot, Antonio is seen as a perfect candidate.

While his wife is sleeping one night, Antonio leaves for what is purportedly a hunting trip with his friends. In reality, he is put inside a wooden crate and smuggled aboard an airplane into the United States, where he goes to New York City to carry out his task. The job done, he is returned to Sicily in the same manner and arrives back at home as if from the hunting trip. Plagued by what he has done, he goes back to his efficient job at the car factory.

## Cast

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* Alberto Sordi as Antonio Badalamenti
* Norma Bengell as Marta
* Gabriella Conti as Rosalia
* Ugo Attanasio as Don Vincenzo
* Cinzia Bruno as Donatella
* Katiusca Piretti as Patrizia
* Armando Tine as Dr. Zanchi
* Lilly Bistrattin as Dr. Zanchi's Secretary
* Michèle Bailly as Young Baroness
* Francesco Lo Briglio as Don Calogero
* Carmelo Oliviero as Don Liborio

## Home media

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It was released in the US by The Criterion Collection, but as of March 31, 2013, the title is out of print.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Mafioso at the TCM Movie Database
2. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
3. ^ "Out of Print Announcement". The Criterion Collection.

## External links

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* Mafioso at IMDb
* Mafioso at Metacritic
* Mafioso at Rotten Tomatoes
* Mafioso: The Octopus’s Tentacles an essay by Roberto Chiesi at the Criterion Collection

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* I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
* Sierra maldita (1954)
* Days of Love (1955)
* The Railroad Man (1956)
* Oh! Sabella (1957)
* Ewa chce spac (1958)
* The Nun's Story (1959)
* Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)
* One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
* Arturo's Island (1962)
* Mafioso (1963)
* America America (1964)
* Golden Queen / Mirage (1965)
* I Was Happy Here (1966)
* Two for the Road (1967)
* The Long Day's Dying (1968)
* The Rain People (1969)
* Dead of Summer (1970)
* Claire's Knee (1971)
* The Glass House (1972)
* The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
* Badlands (1974)
* Furtivos (1975)

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* Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976)
* An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
* Alambrista! (1978)
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* Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
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* Entre Nous (1983)
* Rumble Fish (1984)
* Yesterday (1985)
* Half of Heaven (1986)
* Wedding in Galilee (1987)
* On the Black Hill (1988)
* Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989)
* Letters from Alou (1990)
* Butterfly Wings (1991)
* A Place in the World (1992)
* The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993)
* Dias contados (1994)
* Margaret's Museum (1995)
* Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996)
* The Swindle (1997)
* Wind with the Gone (1998)
* What's Life? (1999)
* The Ruination of Men (2000)

2001–present|

* A Cab for Three (2001)
* Mondays in the Sun (2002)
* Gun-shy (2003)
* Turtles Can Fly (2004)
* Something Like Happiness (2005)
* Half Moon / Mon fils à moi (2006)
* A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
* Pandora's Box (2008)
* City of Life and Death (2009)
* Neds (2010)
* Los pasos dobles (2011)
* In the House (2012)
* Bad Hair (2013)
* Magical Girl (2014)
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* I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
* The Disaster Artist (2017)
* Between Two Waters (2018)
* Pacified (2019)
* Beginning (2020)
* Blue Moon (2021)
* The Kings of the World (2022)
* The Rye Horn (2023)
* Afternoons of Solitude (2024)

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Films directed by Alberto Lattuada

* Giacomo the Idealist (1943)
* The Bandit (1946)
* Flesh Will Surrender (1947)
* Without Pity (1948)
* The Mill on the Po (1949)
* Anna (1951)
* Variety Lights (1951)
* The Overcoat (1952)
* Love in the City (1953)
* La lupa (1953)
* The Beach (1954)
* Guendalina (1957)
* Tempest (1958)
* Lettere di una novizia (1960)
* The Mishap (1960)
* Sweet Deceptions (1960)
* Mafioso (1962)
* The Steppe (1962)
* The Mandrake (1965)
* Matchless (1967)
* Don Juan in Sicily (1967)
* Fräulein Doktor (1969)
* L'amica (1969)
* Come Have Coffee with Us (1970)
* White Sister (1972)
* Sono stato io (1973)
* I'll Take Her Like a Father (1974)
* Dog's Heart (1976)
* Oh, Serafina! (1976)
* Stay as You Are (1978)
* The Cricket (1980)
* A Thorn in the Heart (1986)

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