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The Mafia Kills Only in Summer | |
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Italian | La mafia uccide solo d'estate |
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Based on |
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Directed by | Luca Ribuoli |
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Theme music composer | Santi Pulvirenti |
Country of origin | Italy |
Original languages | Italian Sicilian |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | RAI |
Release | 21 November 2016[1] – May 31, 2018 |
The Mafia Only Kills in Summer (Italian: La mafia uccide solo d'estate) is an Italian 2016 television series written by Pif, directed by Luca Ribuoli, produced and broadcast by RAI. Based on the eponymous 2013 film, also directed by Pif, it was first aired on Rai 1 from 21 November to 20 December 2016. In the United Kingdom the series was broadcast by Channel 4.[1]
The voice-over narrator of the series is an adult, Salvatore Giammarresi (Pif), who tells the story of his life as a 10-year-old boy (Edoardo Buscetta) growing up in an ordinary family in Palermo during the late 1970s.
The ordinary events from the kid's point of view are mixed with historical facts, primarily regarding the Sicilian Mafia (Cosa Nostra), which unfairly dominated the city in that period. Combining reality with TV fiction, there are various storylines related to the Sack of Palermo, to the personal friendship of Salvatore with Boris Giuliano or Mario Francese (both killed by the Mafia in 1979), etc.
The series is set during 1979 and 1980, although within the fiction there are flashbacks in which the narration develops in earlier periods.[2]
Episode (overall) |
Episode (season) |
Title[4][5] | Original air date |
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1 |
1 |
La mafia non esiste | 21 November 2016 |
2 |
2 |
Fideiussioni e minchiate varie | |
3 |
3 |
Uomini del Colorado | 28 November 2016 |
4 |
4 |
Tore | |
5 |
5 |
Anche i mafiosi vanno in paradiso | 6 December 2016 |
6 |
6 |
Liggio + 2 | |
7 |
7 |
Un cornuto e mezzo | 13 December 2016 |
8 |
8 |
Milinciane ammuttunate | |
9 |
9 |
Picciuli e piruocchi | 19 December 2016 |
10 |
10 |
Difendere la democrazia | |
11 |
11 |
Gente di parola | 20 December 2016 |
12 |
12 |
Piccoli eroi |
Soon after the season 1 finale, Pif declared that he was working to write the second season, and confirmed that it will be aired in 2018.[6][7][8][9][10]
Episode (overall) |
Episode (season) |
Title[11][12] | Original air date |
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13 |
1 |
L'apostolo rosa | 26 April 2018 |
14 |
2 |
Pezzo di fango e cornuto | |
15 |
3 |
Santuzze e pitonesse | 3 May 2018 |
16 |
4 |
Finché c'è disperazione c'è speranza | |
17 |
5 |
Rime baciate | 10 May 2018 |
18 |
6 |
Carbone per il presidente | |
19 |
7 |
Bulli e pupe | 17 May 2018 |
20 |
8 |
La mafia è un parallelepipedo | |
21 |
9 |
Un fatto di chimica | 24 May 2018 |
22 |
10 |
La fortuna è lieve | |
23 |
11 |
L'inno del carrubo | 31 May 2018 |
24 |
12 |
Il posto dei civili |
Interviewed in April 2018, Pif discussed about the possibility of future seasons, because his intent is to narrate the events occurred in Palermo at least until the ones of 1992 (Capaci and Via D'Amelio bombings), as it happened in the 2013 film.[13]
The series is set mainly in Palermo, in which sometimes are also shown various cultural heritage sites, typical cuisine products or suburban boroughs as Mondello. Part of some episodes is set in various locations of the province as Partinico, Isola delle Femmine, Ficuzza, Corleone, the Garcia Dam and the mount Rocca Busambra.
The fiction was shot between Sicily and Lazio, principally at Civita Castellana, a town of the Province of Viterbo.[14]