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Mafia Is Not What It Used to Be

La mafia non è più quella di una volta
Franco Maresco
Italy
2019
105 min
Dutch Premiere
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In Palermo, the Mafia murders of investigating judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino are still commemorated every year, although the commemoration primarily seems to be an event for opportunist politicians, and the festive parade does little to reflect the seriousness of the original crimes. Director Franco Maresco speaks to one of the people who find this infuriating: the internationally renowned photographer Letizia Battaglia, who documented Mafia atrocities over many years.

On the other side of the spectrum, Maresco follows Ciccio Mira, an organizer of third-rate concerts by Sicilian folk singers, who also starred in an earlier Maresco film. Mira seizes the day of remembrance as an opportunity to hold a totally inappropriate music event in one of the most notorious neighborhoods of Palermo.

Maresco’s critical, mockumentary-like view of a theatrical parade of bizarre figures, framed by lively music and a sarcastic voice-over, is entertaining but at the same time sad. Because what does Mira’s dubious, shameless duplicity really say about the long tentacles of the Mafia, and about Italy as a whole?

Credits
Director
Screenplay
    Franco Maresco,
    Claudia Uzzo
Production
Co-production
    Tramp Limited
    Tramp Limited
Cinematography
    Tommaso Lusena De Sarmiento
    Tommaso Lusena De Sarmiento
Editing
    Edoardo Morabito,
    Francesco Guttuso
    Edoardo Morabito,
    Francesco Guttuso
Music
    Salvatore Bonafede
    Salvatore Bonafede
Sound Design
    luca bertolin
    luca bertolin
Screening copy
    Fandango Sales
    Fandango Sales
World Sales
    Fandango Sales
    Fandango Sales

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