La mafia uccide solo d'estate

We have been watching this during the past month, and we both agree it's been our most enjoyable nightly binge since we watched the Swedish Wallendar series. Of course, everyone has different interests and tastes, and this is subtitled but, especially because we like Sicily so much, this has captured our attention. Really well conceived and written, humanized, both funny and serious, merging Sicily's modern history with fictionalized individual experiences living there, well acted even by the children, full of entertaining empathetic characters, devotedly anti-Mafia, inspiring..

Discovered by accident while browsing the TV Programme. The story immediately struck me as something worth watching. But then I discovered a true beauty of this TV series - the stories, the dialogues, characters, cast, actors, camera. The episode with a burnt puppet and the owner of a bookstore is for me the highlight of the show. Not for binge watching - the stories are emotion packed and you should have time to recover before skipping to the next episode.

I'm blown away by how good this series is. It's truly amazing how the acting, script and everything in between are so good.

The series follows Salvatore Giammaresi and his family in Sicily in the 1980s. We see Salvatore going to school and all the issues that follows, we also follow his mom Pia and Lorenzo and their struggle in a city where you cannot live "normal" without connections. It get's clear from the get-go that Sicily is not a easy place to live, at least not in the 1980 with the mafia corrupting the city.

We are witness to Lorenzo having to determine if he should report a crime he has been witnessed to or not, if he do it might have reputations for his family,

There is so much beauty and love that has gone into this series that it's just amazing.

I would with my full hearth recommend this series to anyone.

This was the best tv series I've watched I've never loved a cast more. I felt invested in every one of them. It's heartbreaking and joyful and jarring all at the same time.

How is TV getting so good these days? I've just seen the first season of The Mafia Only Kills In Summer. I watched the first few episodes and thought it good. I've only just gotten back into it after a few months. This time around I was totally glued. I now can look forward to season 2. I bought both seasons on a hunch at a fire sale at JB HiFi here in Australia. Some times your luck is in. Everything about this series is so professional. Good photography and cinematography, and a really fun soundtrack hitting all the right notes. There are highs and lows, and a good deal of suspense. I haven't actually seen the original movie, but I'm guessing it contains memorable characters that are highly engaging, as well as just pure fun to watch. That is certainly what you get here. This is light where Gomorrah was dark. I do hope more people get to see this. I can't believe I'm only the third reviewer here at IMDb. In these uncertain times The Mafia Only Kills In Summer is a ray of light.