The Mafia Only Kills in Summer () is an Italian 2016 television series written by Pif, directed by Luca Ribuoli, produced and broadcast by RAI. Based on the eponymous 2013 film, also directed by Pif, it was first aired on Rai 1 from 21 November to 20 December 2016. In the United Kingdom the series was broadcast by Channel 4.
Plot The voice-over narrator of the series is an adult, Salvatore Giammarresi (Pif), who tells the story of his life as a 10-year-old boy growing up in an ordinary family in Palermo during the late 1970s. Salvatore's family consists of his upright father Lorenzo (a clerk and later manager in Parlermo's residents' registration office and later in the regional administration of Sicily), his sensitive mother Pia (a substitute teacher waiting for years being installed as a permanent) and his naive 16-year-old sister Angela (a high school student). Part of the family is also Pia's carefree brother Massimo (a Vicebrigadiere forestale or Sergeant in the forest police turning into mafioso), who marries sexy but good-hearted cafe owner Patrizia.
The ordinary events from the kid's point of view are mixed with historical facts, primarily regarding the Sicilian Mafia (Cosa Nostra), which unfairly dominated the city in that period. Combining reality with TV fiction, there are various storylines related to the Sack of Palermo, to the personal friendship of Salvatore with Boris Giuliano or Mario Francese (both killed by the Mafia in 1979), etc.
The series is set during 1979 and 1980, although within the fiction there are flashbacks in which the narration develops in earlier periods. "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, the RAI fiction". Il Fatto Quotidiano, 23 November 2016
Cast
Claudio Gioè as Lorenzo GiammarresiThe Mafia Kills Only in Summer: full cast and crew at the Internet Movie Database Anna Foglietta as Pia Melfi Giammarresi Nino Frassica as Father Giacinto Francesco Scianna as Massimo Melfi Angela Curri as Angela Giammarresi Edoardo Buscetta as Salvatore Giammarresi Pif as Salvatore Giammarresi (adult, voice-over narrator) Maurizio Bologna as Vito Ciancimino Valentina D'Agostino as Patrizia Nicola Rignanese as Boris Giuliano Gaetano Bruno as Antonio Ayala Carmelo Galati as Cusumano Dario Aita as Rosario Andrea Castellana as Alice Guarneri Domenico Centamore as Salvatore Riina Sergio Vespertino as Tommaso Buscetta Claudia Gusmano as Marina Micciché Natale Russo as Gaetano Badalamenti Roberto Burgio as Mario Francese Claudio Collovà as Filadelfio Aparo Ottavio Amato as Salvo Lima Enrico Gippetto as Fofò Alessandro Piavani as Marco Pierangelo Gullo as Sebastiano Francesca Giordano as Santina Aurora Quattrocchi as grandma Ninetta Melfi Adriano Chiaramida as grandad Salvatore Melfi Mimmo Mignemi as Musumeci Ilenia D'Avenia as a teacher Maurizio Marchetti as Nino Salvo Orio Scaduto as Ignazio Salvo Dajana Roncione as Jolanda Rubino Mario Patanè as Pellerito Pierluigi Misasi as Gaetano Costa Antonio Puccia as Piersanti Mattarella Antonio Alveario as Rocco Chinnici Vincent Riotta as Michele Greco Claudio Castrogiovanni as Stefano Bontate Rosario Lisma as Carmelo Iannì Simona Malato as the mother of Giuseppe Letizia
Episodes
Season 1 (2016) Episode (overall)Episode (season)Title The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (season 1) episodes (raiplay.it)The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: Season 1 at the Internet Movie DatabaseOriginal air date La mafia non esiste 21 November 2016 Fideiussioni e minchiate varie Uomini del Colorado 28 November 2016 Tore Anche i mafiosi vanno in paradiso 6 December 2016 Liggio + 2 Un cornuto e mezzo 13 December 2016 Milinciane ammuttunate Picciuli e piruocchi 19 December 2016 Difendere la democrazia Gente di parola 20 December 2016 Piccoli eroi
Season 2 (2018) Soon after the season 1 finale, Pif declared that he was working to write the second season, and confirmed that it will be aired in 2018. "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, yes to the season 2". Il Secolo XIX, 20 December 2016 "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer season 2: info and news". ilsussidiario.net, 21 December 2016 "Pif and his crew are working for the second season of The Mafia Kills Only in Summer". tvzap.kataweb.it, 21 December 2016The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: Season 2 at the Internet Movie Database "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer - season 2. la Repubblica, 16 April 2018
Episode (overall)Episode (season)Title The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (season 2) episodes (raiplay.it)The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: Season 2 at the Internet Movie DatabaseOriginal air date L'apostolo rosa 26 April 2018 Pezzo di fango e cornuto Santuzze e pitonesse 3 May 2018 Finché c'è disperazione c'è speranza Rime baciate 10 May 2018 Carbone per il presidente Bulli e pupe 17 May 2018 La mafia è un parallelepipedo Un fatto di chimica 24 May 2018 La fortuna è lieve L'inno del carrubo 31 May 2018 Il posto dei civili
Possible future seasons Interviewed in April 2018, Pif discussed about the possibility of future seasons, because his intent is to narrate the events occurred in Palermo at least until the ones of 1992 (Capaci and Via D'Amelio bombings), as it happened in the 2013 film. Pif and Tinni Andreatta interviewed about The Mafia Kills Only in Summer. tvserial.it, 18 April 2018
Locations The series is set mainly in Palermo, in which sometimes are also shown various cultural heritage sites, typical cuisine products or suburban boroughs as Mondello. Part of some episodes is set in various locations of the province as Partinico, Isola delle Femmine, Ficuzza, Corleone, the Garcia Dam and the mount Rocca Busambra.
The fiction was shot between Sicily and Lazio, principally at Civita Castellana, a town of the Province of Viterbo. "The Mafia Kills Only in Summer: info, cast, credits and locations". kontrokultura.it, 14 November 2016
See also The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013 film)
References
External links Official webpage on raiplay.it