Mafia Is Not What It Used to Be

Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on July 19, 1992; and on the occasion of the tributes held in memory of both heroes, skeptical photographer Letizia Battaglia, chronicler of their titanic combat, criticizes the opportunism of shady characters who, like businessman Ciccio Mira, profit from the commemoration of both tragedies.

The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be is an independent film. Although it deals with Italian mafia themes, it was produced outside of major studio systems, and its critical, darkly comic approach is typical of independent cinema. It was funded through small-scale financing and distributed in independent channels, not through major commercial studios.