About This Film
Festival Year: 2015
Film Type: Feature
Animated: No
Filmed In: Italy
Language: Italian
English Subtitles: No
Production Year: 2014
Captions: None
Film Overview
Original Title: La nostra terra
English Title: Mafia and Red Tomatoes
No sane Italian would intentionally cross a Mafia boss, which says a lot about the motley crew of would-be organic farmers in MAFIA & RED TOMATOES. Determined to work the land confiscated by the government from capo Nicola Sansone, a group of dreamers are undeterred by the fact that they don’t know how to farm. Unseen powers, orchestrated by Sansone from behind bars, stymie them at every turn. They enlist the help of the Anti-Mafia Board in the person of Filippo, a neurotic regulator. The curious co-op includes a gay designer, a kooky practitioner of holistic eco-biology, a wheelchair-bound athlete, and a Congolese immigrant. Filippo isn’t encouraged, but the Boss’s own farmer, a cynic named Cosimo, injects some know-how into the operation. Amidst the quarreling and the non-PC barbs, the co-op members find ways to cooperate, and they finally produce a harvest. But suddenly Sansone is back, and let’s just say he’s not pleased with the tomatoes. (In Italian with subtitles) – B.B.
