Mafioso (1962)
- Directed by
- Alberto Lattuada
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 63 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A factory manager from northern Italy returns to his Sicilian hometown for a visit. There he gets drawn into a Mafia obligation that forces him to carry out a murder.
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What happens
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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Whisky a mezzogiorno (1962)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.