Bella Mafia

TV Movie
1997
R
1h 57m

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Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, Vanessa Redgrave, and Illeana Douglas in Bella Mafia (1997)

Starting in Palermo, Italy, 1977 - The ups and downs of a mafia family opposed to drug trade until the men are murdered and the widows take over.Starting in Palermo, Italy, 1977 - The ups and downs of a mafia family opposed to drug trade until the men are murdered and the widows take over.Starting in Palermo, Italy, 1977 - The ups and downs of a mafia family opposed to drug trade until the men are murdered and the widows take over.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 8 nominations total

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Trivia
A 2018 article by The New Yorker details that Illeana Douglas's casting in the film came as a hush settlement from CBS media executive Leslie Moonves so she wouldn't follow with a potential sexual assault lawsuit over another project. Douglas was initially cast on a TV sitcom and after rejecting advances from the producer, she was fired from the sitcom. Douglas confirmed the incident in the wake of MeToo movement when Moonves was accused of numerous allegations of abuse and harassment, which ended his career on CBS.

Goofs
After Signor Musetti (Michael Kagen) is poisoned and collapses in his limo, he is seen dancing with Teresa (Illena Douglas) at the wedding reception which he had already left.

Quotes
Luka - Age 10: Are you some kind of prisoner?
Giorgio Corolla: Possibly, but only of my own physical deformities.
Luka - Age 10: You're not eating?
Giorgio Corolla: Help yourself.
Luka - Age 10: Whats that stink in here? Do you go in your pants?
Giorgio Corolla: [chuckles] No, not today, fortunatly
Luka - Age 10: How old are you?
Giorgio Corolla: Older then anyone anticipated I would ever live to be, especially my father. How old are you?
Luka - Age 10: I dunno... Watcha got all these books for?
Giorgio Corolla: I read.
Luka - Age 10: You're a gargoyle! I like you, pig face.

Connections
Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998)

Soundtracks
Bella Luna
Written by Peter D. Kaye and Lorenzo Caccialanza

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wonderful

when i saw this movie when it was released as a mini series,i was elated to find that this italian mafia film had plenty of sustenance and not filler like many minis do.plot was strong,acting well done,and all the ladies were gorgeous.i'm ready for a second installment, like a book II perhaps.