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Mafioso
Directed by
Alberto Lattuada
Not Rated
1964
1h 45m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
7.6
96%
80%
7.4
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When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
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Where to Watch Mafioso
Criterion Channel
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Cast of Mafioso
Alberto Sordi
Antonio Badalamenti
Norma Bengell
Marta
Carmelo Oliviero
Don Liborio
Gabriella Conti
Rosalia
Ugo Attanasio
Don Vincenzo
Cinzia Bruno
Donatella
Katiusca Piretti
Patrizia
Lilly Bistrattin
Dr. Zanchi's Secretary
Michèle Bailly
Young Baroness
Hugh Hurd
Vincenzo Norvese
Giuseppe Stagnitti
John Topa
Alberto Lattuada
Director
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Rafael Azcona
Screenplay
Marco Ferreri
Screenplay
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Tonino Cervi
Producer
Mafioso Ratings & Reviews
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
The transitional gears never grind. They just keep clicking until you know you're along for the entire ride.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
The sort of masterpiece that will obliterate memories of lesser, later efforts in the 'meeting the parents' comedy lineage. Brilliant.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
The film ripens in an unanticipated way, nimbly shifting from near farce to something quite a bit darker.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Mafioso may be 45 years old, but it's as bracingly relevant as anything else in theaters today. Even in the heat of a dry Sicilian summer, the film looks fresh as a lemon tree. And when you bite down hard, it's just as bitter.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
If you crossed Meet the Parents with The Godfather and filmed it 45 years ago in Italian, you might come close to Mafioso, a black-and-white gem from 1962 whose appearance in local theaters is inexplicable but most welcome.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
This is brilliant, subtle acting. And Lattuada's filmmaking matches it, with his blend of neo-realism and easy theatricality. He doesn't waste a shot.
RogerEbert.com
Jim Emerson
Nothing quite prepares you for the unique experience of this film. It's an offer that you ... well, you know. Leave the gun, take the cannolis. Mangiate bene.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Mafioso may have been made in another era, but it stands as a classy, even radical rebuke to the film school posers who keep recycling the same tired gangster tropes.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It takes a while to adjust to its rhythm, but this is essential viewing for cinephiles.
Chicago Reader
Pat Graham
Filmed in Milan, Sicily, and New York, Alberto Lattuada's 1962 black comedy is one of his most critically suc
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Is it a droll drama? A dark comedy? Let's just say that the film's startling shifts in mood fit this movie about a man and country divided. And that it appears to be padrino to The Godfather.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Unclassifiable, ultimately gripping 1962 film about a Sicilian native who discovers he can't resist the corrupting power of what The Godfather would later dub 'this Sicilian thing.'
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Strange, entertaining and disquieting.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
[Actor] Alberto Sordi lifts buffoonery to the level of high art.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A magnificent film almost no one knows about, this hidden classic offers a wider variety of pleasures than most contemporary works can even aspire to.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Watching this buoyantly melancholy dark comedy, originally released in 1962, is like discovering a lost world.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Mafioso isn't likely to receive the critical exultation accorded Army of Shadows, but still it should not be missed.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
[Alberto Sordi has] a marvelous performance in a marvelous movie, one that sneaks up on you while you're watching it.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
We can only wonder how Mafioso struck American audiences in its brief 1962 appearance. In 2007, it reveals the universal hallmarks of a classic.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It captures, in a stark yet haunting way, the indelible fact that no man is born a mobster.
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