Mafioso

Mafioso

This is the face of a MAFIOSO...sometimes smiling, sometimes savage. Here is the story of a man who returns to his native Sicily for a holiday and finds himself again bound to the silent laws of "The Honored Society."

NR 1962 · 105 min · ★ 7.6 · Crime, Drama, Comedy

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.

Directed by Alberto Lattuada · Written by Furio Scarpelli

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