DVD
Mafioso
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN FILMS (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; widescreen version.
Languages
Italian and Sicilian dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio, Carmelo Oliviero, Armando Thiné, Lily Bistrattyn, Michèle Bally, Cinzia Bruno, Katiuscia Piretti, Hugh Hurd.
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
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.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on a story by Bruno Caruso.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features: Newly restored transfer; "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; new essays by Phillip Lopate and Roberto Chiesi and a 1982 interview with Alberto Lattuada.