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The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (TV series)

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The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
ItalianLa mafia uccide solo d'estate
Genre
Created by
  • Pif
  • Michele Astori
  • Michele Pellegrini
Based on
Directed byLuca Ribuoli
Starring
Theme music composerSanti Pulvirenti
Country of originItaly
Original languagesItalian
Sicilian
No. of series2
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkRAI
Release21 November 2016 (2016-11-21)[1] –
May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31)

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]

Plot

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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]

Cast

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Episodes

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Season 1 (2016)

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Episode
(overall) 		Episode
(season) 		Title[4][5] Original air date
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

Season 2 (2018)

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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
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

Possible future seasons

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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]

Locations

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b (in Italian) "The debut of The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, the series". cinematographe.it, 10 November 2016
  2. ^ (in Italian) "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, the RAI fiction". Il Fatto Quotidiano, 23 November 2016
  3. ^ a b c d The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: full cast and crew at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ (in Italian) The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (season 1) episodes (raiplay.it)
  5. ^ The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: Season 1 at the Internet Movie Database
  6. ^ (in Italian) "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, yes to the season 2". Il Secolo XIX, 20 December 2016
  7. ^ (in Italian) "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer season 2: info and news". ilsussidiario.net, 21 December 2016
  8. ^ (in Italian) "Pif and his crew are working for the second season of The Mafia Kills Only in Summer". tvzap.kataweb.it, 21 December 2016
  9. ^ The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: Season 2 at the Internet Movie Database
  10. ^ (in Italian) "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer - season 2. la Repubblica, 16 April 2018
  11. ^ (in Italian) The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (season 2) episodes (raiplay.it)
  12. ^ The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: Season 2 at the Internet Movie Database
  13. ^ (in Italian) Pif and Tinni Andreatta interviewed about The Mafia Kills Only in Summer. tvserial.it, 18 April 2018
  14. ^ (in Italian) "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: info, cast, credits and locations". kontrokultura.it, 14 November 2016
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