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Release Date:
May 5, 2022
Original Title:
Koza Nostra
Alternate Titles:
Koza Ностра
La Cosa Nostra
Коза Ностра
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
FILM.UA Group
MiC
Pepito Produzioni
RAI Cinema
Production Countries:
Italy | Ukraine
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
When Vlada Koza, a mature Ukrainian woman, intrusive and caring, becomes a grandmother for the first time, she drops everything and travels to Sicily from her home in the Carpathian mountains to join her daughter... without warning! But the girl does not appreciate her mother's suffocating attention, so she puts her at the door without much hesitation. Thus, Vlada finds herself alone and penniless in the Sicilian hinterland. An unexpected car accident makes her become the unlikely governess of Don Fredo, boss of the Laganàs: a dysfunctional mafia family struggling to survive in the modern world. The irrepressible intrusiveness of Vlada, who loves feeling useful, taking care of others, fixing things and giving advice, seems to bring a hint of palpable well-being within the walls of Villa Laganà... At least until the day she finds out who Don Fredo and his children really are!
Costumer:
Marina Roberti
Director:
Giovanni Dota
Director of Photography:
Carlo Rinaldi
Andrea Benjamin Manenti
Editor:
Giorgia Currà
Music:
Andreas Russo
Producer:
Kateryna Vyshnevska
Maria Grazia Saccá
Agostino Saccà
Viktor Mirskyi
Set Decoration:
Maria Francesca Fogagnolo
Set Designer:
Maurizio Leonardi
Sound:
Denny De Angelis
Writer:
Giovanni Dota
Giulia Magda Martinez
Anastasia Lodkina
Matteo Visconti
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