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The Mafia

Name: The Mafia
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Released: 1972
Duration: 120 min

Representation Score

2.0/10

Limited

1972

Director

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Runtime

120 minutes

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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson’s crime drama prioritizes a systemic analysis of power over demographic representation. The film functions as a historical critique of how organized crime infiltrates the judiciary and political spheres in Argentina. While the work lacks diverse representation regarding gender, race, or orientation, it offers a deconstruction of institutional stability. It portrays the state not as a heroic entity, but as a compromised extension of shadow hierarchies. The film's value lies in its skepticism of traditional authority and its exploration of the decay of social contracts within a specific immigrant power structure.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Mafia have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on the rigid, patriarchal structures of an Italian-Argentine criminal syndicate. There are no non-binary gender identities or narratives addressing heteronormativity.

How does The Mafia portray gender?

Limited

The narrative centers on a male-dominated criminal hierarchy. It reflects the historical patriarchal structure of the Donato family without challenging traditional gender roles or elevating women's control over the story.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Mafia?

Fair

The film explores the specific ethnic identity of the Italian-Argentine diaspora. It focuses on an insular immigrant power structure rather than a multi-ethnic or color-blind approach.

How does The Mafia represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative provides a significant critique of traditional Western institutions. It challenges the integrity of the state by depicting how judges, lawyers, and politicians are compromised by criminal influence.

Does The Mafia include disability representation?

Minimal

No specific depictions of visible or invisible disabilities are identified within the narrative framework.

Present on Screen

Provides a sophisticated critique of systemic corruption and the erosion of legal authority.
Offers a deep exploration of the Italian-Argentine diaspora and its specific ethnic power structures.
Challenges the perceived integrity of Western institutions through a lens of social tension.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-binary narratives.
Features a heavily male-dominated hierarchy with minimal women's control over the story.
Does not include depictions of disability or multi-ethnic casting.

Official Synopsis

The business of the Donato family, an Italian-Argentine criminal organization, is a success. They have bought judges, lawyers and even politicians, but after a kidnapping goes wrong, a civil war starts in the Donato crime family. Based on a real event of the Galiffi crime family, a real Italian pro-Fascism mafia that conquered in the 1920's and 1930's the city of Rosario, the Chicago of Latin America.

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