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He obviously ate a red mushroom…

The Basic Plot:

A realistic look at the stories of six people whose daily lives are, in various ways, affected by the mafia of southern Italy. Based on the book I’ve never read by Roberto Saviano.

The Break Down:

 This import from Italy features a large ensemble cast of people you’ve never heard of, so no reference game. Also, the guy who wrote the book is apparently in hiding with witness protection because of the juicy things he wrote about. With hype like that, you gotta figure the movie has to be pretty legit, right? Right?!

The film is five short stories all rolled into a two hour and fifteen minute movie. I’ll briefly run through everything…with lots of spoilers:

Story 1: A middle-aged man (obviously working for the mob) has the job of delivering money to the families of people serving prison sentences for the organization. Things start to deteriorate within his branch of the mob, someone puts a gun in his mouth and he gets all “I don’t wanna do this anymore.”

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