Bella Mafia (1997) (TV)

Director:

David Greene

Writers (WGA):

Lynda La Plante (novel)
Lynda La Plante (teleplay)

Release Date:

16 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Hell hath no fury like the women of... [Bella Mafia]

Plot:

When Sofia marries into a Mafia family, she doesn't know what she's getting into. When her husband, all her brothers-in-law...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Mafia | Prison | Son | Filicide

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave	...	Graziella Luciano
Dennis Farina	...	Don Roberto Luciano
Nastassja Kinski	...	Sophia Luciano
Jennifer Tilly	...	Moyra Luciano
Illeana Douglas	...	Teresa Scorpio Luciano
James Marsden	...	Luka
Gina Philips	...	Rosa Luciano
Richard Portnow	...	Anthony Moreno
Franco Nero	...	Mario Domino
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Vito Giancamo
Carmen Argenziano
Michael Hayden	...	Michael Luciano
Richard Joseph Paul	...	Constantino Luciano
W. Earl Brown	...	Fredrico Luciano
Tony Maggio	...	Alfredo

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

UK:105 min (2 parts) | 117 min (short version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

The Königsberg Company

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Sofia has Lucas tied to the chair he does not have the necklace on. However, in a later scene she discovers the necklace on him.

Quotes:

Giorgio Corolla: [referring to the gun in Luka's hands] Where in God's name did you get that, Luka?
Luka: Where we get everything... Mail order! Charged to your Papa. Now tell me about the poisons. Stricknai... Nice word... Like music!

Soundtrack:

Bella Luna

TV Movie Quickly Sinks !

This 1997 tv movie starts off with great promise only to quickly

sink. With lots of fanfare & build up, this movie looked very promising.

The first 30 minutes are fairly well done and pull you in, but then the

trouble starts ! Not only does all credibility goes right out the

window, but the actors involved seem to realize that they've gotten

themselves into an unbelievable mess. Like alot of the works of STEPHEN

KING where it is apparent that he got a terrific premise for a story,

only to drop the ball because he just didn't know where to go with it.

This tv movie appears to have been written by several different writers,

none of whom knowing what the others have done, so that continuity of

tone is downright impossible. You'd have better luck matching separate

plaids !