Onora la Madre (2017)
“Onora la Madre” focuses on the role that women played in the 'Ndrangheta, because their presence in Mafia contexts has always been underestimated whereas today has slowly surfaced again. The short explores the manifold and contradictory 'Ndrangheta female universe in Calabria. It explains - starting from reports, documents, traditions, rituals, testimonies, words and judicial documents, the 'Ndrangheta telling the stories and the figures of women that inevitably settle and serve calabrian clans. Everything starts with a quite enlightening syllogism: family is the core element of the 'Ndrangheta, woman is the core element of the family, woman is the core element of the 'Ndrangheta. Analyzing the real universe of the 'Ndrangheta’s mechanisms we realize the real role of women, often extremely important even if destined never to be formally recognized by the organization.
Director: Giovanni Carpanzano
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Anna Macrì as Maria Surace |
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Angelica Artemisia Pedatella as Antonia Surace |
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Luana Montesano as Giusy Bonaccorsi |
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Raffaella Aloisia Denzler as Maria Bonaccorsi |
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Nunzio Santoro as Giudice Giuseppe Mazzei |
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Raffaele Carbone as Giordano Cutrì |
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Thomas Santu as Michele Cutrì |
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Giuseppe Ferrise as Pasquale Arena |
| Visual Effects | Desine Melfi | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Angelica Artemisia Pedatella | Writer |
| Editing | Marco Cimino | Editor |
| Directing | Giovanni Carpanzano | Director |
| Camera | Paolo Paparella | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Marco Cimino | Mixing Engineer |
| Editing | Giusy Rocca | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilio Valente | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vanessa Tudisco | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Massimiliano Lazzaretti | Music |
| Sound | Giovanni Nicotera | Music |
| Production | Benedetta Carpanzano | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gemma Carpanzano | Makeup Artist |