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The Mafia Kills Only In Summer DVD - a film by Pierfrancesco 'Pif' Diliberto

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A film of bravery and defiance. A free-wheeling, kaleidoscopic, Forrest Gumpish odyssey… [that] is both an innocent love story and a skilful inquiry into the culpability, or not, of all Sicilians in their predicament. The bold mixture of innocence and outrage, fantasy and fact, makes the film unpredictable, utterly fresh. If you know this history, you recognise these names; if not, it may seem like an unlikely (and bloody) tall story. As the car bombs become too loud, the tone changes and the film becomes like a documentary, in which we are now heavily invested. Pif has made us all locals. It’s brilliant: cleverly controlled and executed.

Paul Byrnes

SMH/THE AGE

Terrific. Negotiates the delicate balance between humour and emotion. Clever, powerful, poignant… Remarkable.

Jay Weissberg

VARIETY

Charming and engrossing. Diliberto finds unlikely comedy in the murderous criminal underworld of his native Sicily.

Stephen Dalton

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Director: Pierfranceso 'Pif' Diliberto

Cast: Pif, Cristiana Capotondi, Alex Bisconti, Ginevra Antona

Duration: 89mins

Country of Origin: Italy

Violence, coarse language and sex scene

A film of bravery and defiance. A free-wheeling, kaleidoscopic, Forrest Gumpish odyssey… [that] is both an innocent love story and a skilful inquiry into the culpability, or not, of all Sicilians in their predicament. The bold mixture of innocence and outrage, fantasy and fact, makes the film unpredictable, utterly fresh. If you know this history, you recognise these names; if not, it may seem like an unlikely (and bloody) tall story. As the car bombs become too loud, the tone changes and the film becomes like a documentary, in which we are now heavily invested. Pif has made us all locals. It’s brilliant: cleverly controlled and executed.

Paul Byrnes

SMH/THE AGE

Terrific. Negotiates the delicate balance between humour and emotion. Clever, powerful, poignant… Remarkable.

Jay Weissberg

VARIETY

Charming and engrossing. Diliberto finds unlikely comedy in the murderous criminal underworld of his native Sicily.

Stephen Dalton

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

WINNER – 2014 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - Best Comedy
WINNER – 2014 ITALIAN ACADEMY AWARDS - Best New Director

Hilarious, smart & thought-provoking, Italian comedian and satirist Pierfrancesco ‘Pif’ Diliberto's hugely auspicious and entertaining directorial debut is a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy of childhood and first love, set in the tumultuous world of 1970’s Italy.

The film follows our precocious hero Arturo from childhood to maturity, wittily examining the pervasive influence the Cosa Nostra holds over the everyday lives of his family and community as he commences a life-long romantic pursuit of beautiful classmate and neighbour Flora.

Thanks to superb performances and expert Zelig-like blending with archival newsreels, the Palermo of the 1970s and early ’80s is vividly depicted as a city where tradition, wilful blindness and complacency allow criminals to flourish, until a series of high-profile murders finally opens the eyes of the public and triggers a push for change…

Adored by local critics & audiences, THE MAFIA KILLS ONLY IN SUMMER became a huge sleeper hit at the Italian box office, and was the most popular film at 2014 Lavazza Italian Film Festival in Australia.

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Pierfrancesco Diliberto interview with Italy Magazine(28/01/14)

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