The Family

• Crime
• Comedy
• Action

A boisterous Italian-American mafia family transplanted to the tranquility of rural Normandy finds that old habits die incredibly hard in this darkly humorous crime comedy. Giovanni Manzoni, rebranded as Fred Blake under witness protection, struggles to adapt his volatile nature and the ingrained instincts of his family – particularly his teenage children – to a life of quiet suburban respectability. The film thrives on the escalating chaos as their attempts to navigate ordinary French life continuously unravel, drawing unwelcome attention and radiating an inherent threat despite the idyllic setting. It’s not simply a fish-out-of-water story, but an exploration of identity, the inescapability of the past, and the surprisingly difficult process of dismantling a lifetime built on illicit power dynamics, all played for laughs with a constant undercurrent of impending violence.