Advantages: As far as mafia films go - quite enjoyable Disadvantages: Story quite far-fetched in parts
INTRO/CAST/CREDITS
Bella Mafia is a Lynda La Plante novel and screenplay. It was originally made as a TV mini-series but was so popular it was released as a film/DVD. I've seen it a couple of times and, personally, enjoyed it on both occasions.
Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, James Marsden and Illeana Douglas, Gina Philips, Tony Lo Bianco and Dennis Farina), Bella Mafia was released in 1997 in the USA and 1998 in the ... ...be someone else.
Do Bella Mafia (the Luciano women) find out who caused them so much heartache? How do they wreak revenge on the men responsible for the death of their loved ones? Does Sophia discover her secret child Luka is the cause of her pain?
MY THOUGHTS
This was quite an entertaining film for me. It was quite sad in parts, too much death in general, but the way the grieving women come together in their sorrow and unite to get revenge on ...
anonymili 05.02.2006
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