Onora la Madre 2017 Directed by Giovanni Carpanzano

“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.

Country Italy
Production Country Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Language Italian
Budget $15,812
Release Date 30 January 2017
28 mins
Cast
Anna Macrì Maria Surace
Luana Montesano Giusy Bonaccorsi
Raffaella Aloisia Denzler Maria Bonaccorsi
Nunzio Santoro Giudice Giuseppe Mazzei
Raffaele Carbone Giordano Cutrì
Thomas Santu Michele Cutrì
Giuseppe Ferrise Pasquale Arena