Mafioso

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Eye Filmmuseum seen across the river IJ © Marcus Koppen

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campaign image Alberto Lattuada: Meester naast Fellini

still from Il bandito (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1946)

still Il bandito (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1946)

still from Il mulino del Po (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1948)

still Il mulino del Po (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1948)

still from Mafioso (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1962)

still Mafioso (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1962)

poster Mafioso (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1962)

still from Venga a prendere il caffè... da noi (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1970)

still Venga a prendere il caffè... da noi (Alberto Lattuada, IT 1970)

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When a former prisoner-of-war returns to Turin after WWII, the morale of the city’s residents seems as shattered as the city itself. Albert Lattuada’s first neo-realist production– with influences from film noir – came about partly from interviews on the streets. With Anna Magnani and Carla del Poggio.

Ernesto’s parental home is in ruins, his mother has died and his sister is in the hands of a pimp. This is the situation soldier Ernesto faces when returning from a prisoner-of-war camp after WWII. He tries to find honest work, but this is all but impossible in a city dominated by crime and the black market. The only way is down, towards theft and murder…

Il bandito

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There ain’t nothing for free is a lesson Nino learns when he returns for a holiday to the village in Sicily where he was born. Gripping portrait of the Sicilian mafia, way before The Godfather. The tone is comic and tragic at the same time; Italian star Alberto Sordi gives a stunning performance as Nino.

Ten years before Francis Ford Coppola spectacularly exposed the mores of a mafia family in <em>The Godfather</em>, Alberto Lattuada made a film portrait of the omnipotence of the mafia in post-war Italy.

<p>He was affiliated to the neorealism movement, but at the same time was able to mix his polished style with a preference for genre and popular stories. He was open to influences from Hollywood genres, particularly the thriller and melodrama.</p>

Alberto Lattuada

Neo-realist masterpiece by Alberto Lattuada, co-written by Fellini, tells the story of the rise of socialism in the Po valley, interspersed with a dramatic love story. The shots of life on the farms and around the River Po are a masterclass in cinematography.

Farming life in the vicinity of Ferrara, a small town in the fertile Po valley, circa 1890. Miller’s daughter Berta is head-over-heels in love with farmer’s son Orbino, and both are caught up in tumultuous times: the miller rises up against exploitative landowners, but Orbino does not take his father’s side. Love clashes with social realities.

Il mulino del Po

Tax inspector Paronzini goes for a coffee and decides to marry one of the Tettamanzi sisters, in the hope this may lead to erotic relations with the other two sisters. Commedia all’italiana in a provincial setting: Lattuada makes an archetypal Italian macho of Ugo Tognazzi, who outdoes his own dorkiness.

After moving to a provincial town, lazy tax inspector Emerenziano Paronzini attracts the attentions of the wealthy Tettamanzi sisters; Paronzini marries one of them and is assured of a life of ease: his every whim and fancy is catered for and he enjoys erotic relations with all three sisters. When the housekeeper also falls for Paronzini, his happiness becomes even more compete, or so it seems…

Mafioso

Alberto Lattuada / IT, 1962 / 102 min.

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