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MARIA DUARTE recommends a bleak film exposing the realities of life in the mafia
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CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Black Souls (15)
Directed by Francesco Munzi
4/5
A STARK portrait of life in organised crime, this gritty and sombre Italian mafia drama breathes new life into an over-familiar genre.
Like Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, Black Souls is devoid of all the glamour and lavish lifestyle associated with the mafia, focusing instead on the bleak reality of that world.
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