Growing-up and loving in the Mafia-ridden city of Palermo. A story that spans 20 years seen through the eyes of a child, Arturo, who is brought-up in a fascinating and terrible city, where none the less there is still place for passion and laughter.
The Mafia Only Kills in Summer is a love story that describes the attempts by Arturo to win the heart of his beloved Flora, a classmate that he took a fancy to in junior school and that he regards as a princess.
Real events that took place in Sicily between the 1970s and the 1990s are the setting of this charming and funny story.
A new way of portraying the Mafia. A film that desecrates the bosses and shows the humanity of the heroes that fought against the Mafia. An ironic smile that is never banal on the most terrible years of eminent killings.

Direction: Pierfrancesco Diliberto

Script: Michele Astori, Pierfrancesco Diliberto, Marco Martani

Production: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Mario Gianani

Cinematography: Roberto Forza

Editing: Cristiano Travaglioli

Production Design: Marcello Di Carlo

Costume Design: Cristiana Ricceri

Sound: Luca Bertolin

Original Score: Santi Pulvirenti

Cast: Cristiana Capotondi, Pierfrancesco Diliberto, Ginevra Antona, Alex Bisconti

Original Title: LA MAFIA UCCIDE SOLO D'ESTATE

Original Language: Italian

Subtitles: English

Film Production Country: Italy

Biography of the Director/s
Pierfrancesco Diliberto, known as Pif, was born in Palermo in 1972. At the start of his career, he worked as assistant director to Franco Zeffirelli in Un tè con Mussolini (1998) and a year later to Marco Tullio Giordana in I cento passi.
In 2000, Pif took part in a Mediaset course and became a television writer. He became famous thanks to one of the group's most popular shows, the investigative current affairs programme Le Iene, where he worked as author and reporter from 2001 to 2010.
He created Il Testimone for MTV in 2007, his first individual programme, one of the most original and innovative in the current TV sector. Since 2011, he has been involved with Il testimone VIP, which gives detailed accounts of the daily life of prominent figures from the worlds of sports, politics and show business.
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer is his directorial debut.

Awards Won
Torino FF, Audience Award. Bif&st, Best Film. Italian Film Festival in Lisbon, Best Film. David di Donatello Best First Time Director and David Giovani. Silver Ribbon, Best First Time Director, Best Subject.

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