Synopsis
Based on a true story, Denise (daughter of Lea Garofalo), Maria Concetta Cacciola, and Giuseppina Pesce dare to stand up to the fearsome ‘Ndrangheta mafia. Helping them in their efforts is prosecutor Anna Colace, newly arrived in Calabria from Milan with a strategy to topple the ‘Ndrangheta clans; focus on the women.
It’s an approach that comes with risk—the ‘Ndrangheta are known and feared for their iron fist and insidious power. “The Good Mothers” is the gripping story of three women who turn against everything they know in order to fight for their lives and the future of their children and overcome a criminal empire.
Director's Notes
JULIAN JARROLD
This story of the women who dared to defy the N’drangheta – Italy’s richest and most ruthless crime syndicate – was so powerful and moving it completely drew me in. Based In Calabria, we closely follow the women who were prepared to break the code of silence, escape their misogynistic social and family bonds and bear witness against fathers, brothers, and husbands in the hope of a new life of freedom. It is a twisting, dangerous journey of betrayal and courage.
ELISA AMORUSO
The first thing that struck me about this project was the topic.
After reading the script for the first episode, I immediately felt the urgency to stage the stories of these women, invisible heroines who’ve given a significant contribution to fighting organised crime. Lea Garofalo, Giuseppina Pesce, Concetta Cacciola, Denise Cosco had the courage to run those risks to achieve freedom, something that had never been granted to them.
The series carries with it a message of great emancipation and freedom, not only for the characters it portrays, but for all women who have been victims of violence, whether physical or psychological, in their family and in sentimental relationships. And it is this sense, necessary and universal, that prompted me to tell this story, seeking, more than anything else, empathy and truth.
Elisa Amoruso and Julian Jarrold
Director
The Good Mothers the new Disney+ Original Series based on the homonymous bestseller by journalist Alex Perry directed by Julian Jarrold and Elisa Amoruso.
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Gaia Irace
VALENTINA BELLÈ
BARBARA CHICIARELLI
FRANCESCO COLELLA
ANDREA DODERO
SIMONA DISTEFANO
MICAELA RAMAZZOTTI
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Technical Cast
Productions companies
House Productions and Wildside, a Fremantle Company
Executive Producers
Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross and Harriet Spencer for House Productions and Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, a Fremantle Company and Alessandro Saba for Disney+. Butchard and Jarrold are also Executive Producers.
Cinematographers
Vittorio Omodei Zorini, Ferran Paredes Rubio (ep. 1,2,3), Martina Cocco (ep.4,5,6)
Costume Design
Cristiana Ricceri
Production Design
Laura Pozzaglio
Adapted for the screen
by Stephen Butchard – based on the book “The Good Mothers” by Alex Perry
Directors
Julian Jarrold (ep. 1,2,3) Elisa Amoruso (ep. 4,5,6)
Editors
Simona Paggi (ep. 1,2,3), Chiara Griziotti (ep. 4,5,6), Irene Vecchio (ep. 5,6)
Music
Giorgio Giampà
Casting
Teresa Razzauti