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Angela Reviews

2002

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In 1984 Palermo, Angela Parlagreco, a tough beauty dressed to the nines, navigates the nooks and crannies of the market district, expertly running drugs for her husband's "shoe business." Fulfilling her illegal duties as matter-of-factly as if they were the laundry, she watches and observes as the men conduct their shady .. Read more

Starring	Donatella Finocchiaro, Andrea Di Stefano, Mario Pupella
Director	Roberta Torre
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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  Some of Torre's best work...
  
  With 'Sud side story' and 'Tano da morire', Torre has shown us that she is capable of more than competent directing but not only, she is also ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Dec 2004 at 21:28
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  Almost a very good film
  
  As often with Italian films, the strength of this movie was in its cinematography. Some of the frames were unforgettable, and for me the emotional charge came ... read more »
  
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  In the mood for love, a Palerme.
  
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  An intensely romantic and atmospheric film on the macho mafia world of Palermo, filmed with passion, style and femininity by Torre and held by the sensual ... read more »
  
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- - ikouma
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  - Oxford
  - 01 Jun 2010 at 10:27
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  Angela
  
  Interesting film, good acting
  
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  - Bicester
  - 23 Jan 2008 at 12:19
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  Far too impressionistic
  
  You can see what the writer-director is trying to do as expands her style into a kind of first-person neo-realism, taking her away from her kitsch-musical past... read more »
  
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  - 23 Nov 2007 at 10:48
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  Beautifully acted, it's a superb film.
  
  This is an amazing film. It helps to enjoy it if you have been to Sicily and specially if you speak Italian as the subtleties in the language and the ... read more »
  
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  - Bermondsey, London
  - 23 Oct 2007 at 10:25
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  Not your average mafia film
  
  Beautiful film which makes you think about the condition of women stuck in a mafia environment. Very good. Based on a true story.
  
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  - Sutton, London
  - 15 Sep 2006 at 15:14
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  Uninvolving drama
  
  I found this a disappointing movie. The film kept jumping from scene to scene very quickly, which meant that the characters remained rather one-dimensional. I ... read more »
  
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  - 22 Jan 2006 at 11:57
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  A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
  
  As a lover of all things Italian who has been to Palermo i was really looking forward to this.
  
  Unfortunately it turned in to a bore, that i ended up ... read more »
  
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  - LONDON AGE 42
  - 09 Jan 2006 at 20:09
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  Watchable
  
  The story is not exciting, but the film is, I would say watchable, and has its peculiar atmosphere of love and passion flourishing within an apparently normal ... read more »
  
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- - mikymax
  - West Sussex
  - 04 Jan 2005 at 22:32
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  Some of Torre's best work...
  
  With 'Sud side story' and 'Tano da morire', Torre has shown us that she is capable of more than competent directing but not only, she is also ... read more »
  
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  Some of Torre's best work...
  
  With 'Sud side story' and 'Tano da morire', Torre has shown us that she is capable of more than competent directing but not only, she is also ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Dec 2004 at 21:28
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  Shoes not to be sniffed at
  
  It's the classic story. Boy meets girl. Girl marries boy. Girl finds lucrative work hiding cocaine in shoes for boy. Boy shoots man in head...well, you ... read more »
  
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- - Simon Cockle
  - Hitchin, Hertfordshire
  - 03 Nov 2004 at 19:51
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  A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
  
  As a lover of all things Italian who has been to Palermo i was really looking forward to this.
  
  Unfortunately it turned in to a bore, that i ended up ... read more »
  
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- 191718
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  - LONDON AGE 42
  - 09 Jan 2006 at 20:09
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  Watchable
  
  The story is not exciting, but the film is, I would say watchable, and has its peculiar atmosphere of love and passion flourishing within an apparently normal ... read more »
  
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- - mikymax
  - West Sussex
  - 04 Jan 2005 at 22:32
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  Uninvolving drama
  
  I found this a disappointing movie. The film kept jumping from scene to scene very quickly, which meant that the characters remained rather one-dimensional. I ... read more »
  
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  - Catford, London
  - 22 Jan 2006 at 11:57
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  Far too impressionistic
  
  You can see what the writer-director is trying to do as expands her style into a kind of first-person neo-realism, taking her away from her kitsch-musical past... read more »
  
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- - Savage
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  - London, England
  - 23 Nov 2007 at 10:48
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  Interesting
  
  but a bit wooden. An authentic feel for what day to day Mafia life in Palermo is like but the price of authenticity is a lot of tedium. I enjoyed it ... read more »
  
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- - Gus
  - Winchester
  - 29 Apr 2004 at 11:48
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  Not your average mafia film
  
  Beautiful film which makes you think about the condition of women stuck in a mafia environment. Very good. Based on a true story.
  
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  - Sutton, London
  - 15 Sep 2006 at 15:14
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  Beautifully acted, it's a superb film.
  
  This is an amazing film. It helps to enjoy it if you have been to Sicily and specially if you speak Italian as the subtleties in the language and the ... read more »
  
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  - Bermondsey, London
  - 23 Oct 2007 at 10:25
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  Angela
  
  Interesting film, good acting
  
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  In 1984 Palermo, Angela Parlagreco, a tough beauty dressed to the nines, navigates the nooks and crannies of the market district, expertly running drugs for her husband's "shoe business." Fulfilling her illegal duties as matter-of-factly as if they were the laundry, she watches and observes as the ...