Bella Mafia

Bella Mafia is a 1997 American television film starring Vanessa Redgrave and Dennis Farina. Redgrave was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film. The movie has gained a cult following.

Lynda La Plante who also created Widows scripted this TV miniseries about the family life surrounding a Mafia don. Sicilian magnate Don Luciano Dennis Farina and his wife Graziella Vanessa Redgrave live comfortably at Villa Rosa in Palermo, Italy. Their son Michael Michael Hayden has an affair with Sophia Nastassja Kinski, leaving her pregnant but unmarried. After Luciano refuses to traffic drugs, angry U.S. mob boss Carolla Tony Lo Bianco retaliates by having Michael killed. While at a convent, Sophia is given a hard blow when another pregnant woman tells her of his death she almost immediately gives birth to Luka, Michaels son. Living at the convent, but determined to keep her son, she goes alone by herself to confront the Luciano family for money to support her son. However, the Lucianos are still coping with Michaels death and refuse admission to anyone, unless its family or those that work for them, through the gates. Despite the guards insistence, Sophia still continues to try to seek an audience with them, only to be violently handled by the guards and almost thrown on the road. One of Michaels brothers, Constantino, taking pity on her, lets her in. He and his mother, Graziella, nurse the tired Sophia.During her time there, she and Constantino fall in love. However, none of the Lucianos, including Constantino, know of her being Michaels former lover or of her sons existence. Roberto Farina, sees Constantinos affections for Sophia and makes it clear to his wife that he doesnt approve of her, mostly due to being poor and considered lower class. However, Graziella eventually gets her husband to understand Sophia and accept her. While the engagement is good news, Sophia secretly learns something devastating. Because she spent so long at the Lucianos and took too long of time to contact the convent, the nuns had to treat her son as an orphan and gave him up for adoption. Sophia still keeps this a secret. She eventually recovers and marries Constantino. The story

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