Sentences with phrase «leading mafiosi»
Heavily reminiscent of The Godfather — though even more daringly stylised — it's a reconstruction of the events of 11 September 1931 (later dubbed «Night of the Sicilian Vespers») when 40 leading Mafiosi were murdered, clearing the way for Luciano to become «boss of bosses».
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This is certainly an enticing start: a dive into Stockholm's seamy underworld with three lead characters and no heroes, it follows an escaped con, a sparky finance student and a Serbian mafioso as they variously pursue a king - making coke deal.
one - upmanship between Tony and Omar (F. Murray Abraham), Tony telling a little kid on the beach to watch as the mafioso's friend Manny (Steven Bauer) gets slapped by a girl, and Tony wearing Elvira's sun hat (leading to a burst of laughter from Pfeiffer).
At any moment the whole «Abscam,» within a scam, within a scam feels like it's going to implode, but this script just won't let go, taking yet another screwy turn into murky, mafioso - infested waters, while micro relationships brew among the four leads threatening to boil over, and Louis C.K. propels a run - on fable about ice fishing into deeply fatuous waters.