It Was the Son

It Was the Son

2012 · 90 min · IT · 6.9 (61 votes)
Dir. Daniele Ciprì · Starring Toni Servillo, Giselda Volodi, Alfredo Castro, Fabrizio Falco, Aurora Quattrocchi, Benedetto Raneli · Music Carlo Crivelli
ComedyCrimeDrama

The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.

VIBE

A darkly comedic and tragic look at a Sicilian family navigating poverty and the mafia's reach. It's a gritty, absurdist tale where a luxury car becomes a symbol of misplaced hope and inevitable downfall.

darkly comedictragicabsurdistgrittysteadysocial realismneo-realismcrime dramafamilycrimepovertyabsurdity
palermosicilymafia
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