Il padrino della mafia

Canadian, not Brazilian trilingual, with a decently performing cast, and with a plausible storyline in which a family with ties to the old country attemps to invest in the building of a bridge between Calabria and Sicilia, that is expected to become enough of a goldmine to be able to go legit. And contrairy to the review as published on the mainpage, with no affliliations, or even an attempt to try to copy The Godfather, at all.

Was surprised how good this was , thought it was going to be run of the mill gangster flick but it's much more than that ,great acting , great characters, good story it's hard to like any characters in this film as they've all got bad intentions, but I guess that's who they are and how they're made ,normally your rooting for the lead character in the movie but not in this case he's a real bad ass and you'll realise that in the first 10 minutes of the movie after he does a despicable act that's hard to watch , but don't be put off this is a great movie.

If you want a Brilliant Mafia film and don't mind subtitles, this is as good as the Godfather, and I did not know there was Mafia in Canada? and the lead played by the Brilliant Sergio Castellitto is up there with Brando. This is much more Gritty and actually more Violent.

Much ado about nothing around this film, perhaps because it fits into a genre rarely visited by Quebec directors. Very slow start, but the film still ends up finding a rhythm to sustain attention. A classic scenario for the genre, fortunately supported by excellent performances from actors and actresses. The time jumps are well done. The musical choices are sometimes questionable, sometimes adequate, and the few attempts at humor (including a wink or two) are rather unsuccessful. The finale, despite the comments of several columnists, is really predictable. The director leaves himself an opening for a sequel, but one would not be necessary to serve the story. The density of the action present in this film is less than the trailer suggests.

I would say GOOD FELLAS instead of Francis Coppola's masterpiece, because of the biopic and vintage elements involved, with musics of the period which this film talks about. It remains excellent, gritty, bloody and very well acted too. I guess this is one of the best Canadian crime film ever; just guess because I don't know the film industry from Quebec. Anyway, it could hardly have been better.