Variety

Les Films du Losange Takes Sales on Mafia Drama ‘Sicilian Letters’ as First-Look Images of Elio Germano and Toni Servillo Are Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)

France’s Les Films du Losange is taking international sales outside Italy on “Sicilian Letters” (“Iddu”), the hotly anticipated drama about Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro – who was dubbed “the ...
Yahoo

‘Sicilian Letters’ Review: Tony Servillo Leads A Ripping Yarn Of A Mob Movie – Venice Film Festival

There is a disconcertingly ambivalent tone to Sicilian Letters, a very handsomely presented game of cop cats and mafioso mice flying the RAI quality-drama banner. On the one hand, there is the mob ...
Reuters

How did mafia boss elude Italy for so long, Venice film asks

VENICE, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Italian investigators knew a lot of things about mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro - his love for designer clothes, video games, Rolex watches, and his long list of victims.
Yahoo

‘Sicilian Letters’ Directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza on Making a Film About Italy’s Last Godfather, a ‘Hyper-Narcissistic Criminal’ Who Read Dostoyevsky

Directorial duo Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (“Sicilian Ghost Story”) tell the true tale of Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro – who was dubbed “the last godfather” – in their new drama ...
Time

Rebel with a Cause The real-life story of an anti-Mafia activist in Sicily makes for a handsome film with a political message

Mafia bosses tend not to talk a lot, and that’s too bad, because Tano Badalamenti would probably have something to say about I Cento Passi (The Hundred Steps). The film’s title marks the distance ...