Mafioso: The Criterion Collection (DVD)
APPROX. 102 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1962 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Mar 18, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1962 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Audio: |
Italian: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- - Ritratti d'autore, a 1996 interview with director Alberto Lattuada by filmmaker Daniele Luchetti
- - New video interviews with the director's life, actress Carla Del Poggio (Variety Lights), and son, Alessandro Lattuada
- - Trailers for the original Italian release and the 2007 U.S. rerelease
- - Gallery of promotional caricatures by artist Keiro Kimura
- - New and improved English subtitle translation
- - PLUS: New essays by Phillip Lopate and Roberto Chiesi and a 1982 interview with Alberto Lattuada
Synopsis
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. The first Italian film to dramatize the modern mafia, Lattuada's devastatingly funny character study is equal parts culture-clash farce and existential nightmare.Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Alberto SordiNorma BengellGabriella ContiUgo Attanasio
"Mafioso: The Criterion Collection"
Written byMarco FerreriWritten byRafael AzconaWritten byAgenore IncrocciWritten byFurio Scarpelliproduced byAntonio Cervi
produced byDino De Laurentiis
directed by Alberto Lattuada
Production Year: 1962
"Mafioso: The Criterion Collection"
Written byMarco FerreriWritten byRafael AzconaWritten byAgenore IncrocciWritten byFurio Scarpelliproduced byAntonio Cervi
produced byDino De Laurentiis
directed by Alberto Lattuada
Production Year: 1962
