FRESH KILLS
Genre
Drama
Running time
119 minutes
Year
2022
Language
English
Subtitle
English
Country
United States of America (USA)
Director
Jennifer Esposito
Bio
Producer
Leslie Owen, Samantha Sprecher, Christine Crokos, Jennifer Esposito
Cast
Emily Bader, Odessa Azion, Jennifer Esposito, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nicholas Cirillo, Annabella Sciorra, Taylor Hand
Scriptwriter
Jennifer Esposito
When the Larusso family moves from Brooklyn to Staten Island, mother Francine (played by the director) hopes they will be far enough from the city’s criminal networks to forget about how her husband finances their luxe lifestyle. But business is all about family in the Mafia, which leaves unhappy youngest daughter Rose (Emily Bader) in a quandary: if she breaks free from the Mob, will she make enemies out of her mother and sister, both mob wives but also the people closest to her? Original and emotionally complex, this is a story about the people ignored or sidelined in almost all the mafia movies ever made: the women born, raised and married to a world they are not allowed to leave.
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