900 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

MAFIOSO
Comedy/Drama
Director: Alberto Lattuada
99 minutes, 1962, b&w
English subtitles 2006

Sunday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, October 1, 1 p.m.

A. O. Scott, film critic for The New York Times, enthused that this lovingly restored film “is a revealing portrait of Italian society and an utter blast, happily blending low comedy, high sentiment, neorealism and farce– almost a film festival unto itself.” Alberto Sordi – best known for his roles in early Fellini films – gives one of his finest performances as Antonio, a factory supervisor at a Fiat factory. Antonio is the perfect middle manager: a master of organization, time management, and precision. When Nino has accrued enough vacation time to take his blond, Northern wife and two young daughters back home to meet the family, his promise of a “beautiful Sicily: hospitable and joyous!” turns out to be a bit more complicated

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Added by Courtney is Awesome on September 27, 2007