Mafiosa (TV series)

Mafiosa
GenreDrama
Thriller
Created byHugues Pagan
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes40 (8 episodes per season)
Production
Production locationFrance
CinematographyPatrick Blossier
Running time52 minutes
Original release
NetworkCanal+
Release12 December 2006 (2006-12-12) –
5 May 2014 (2014-05-05)

Mafiosa, full title Mafiosa, le clan is a French crime drama television series, which premiered on Canal+ on December 6, 2006. The series was created by Hugues Pagan.

The popular series extended for four more seasons added for 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. The 2014 series was renamed Mafiosa - L'ultime saison (Mafiosa - the last season). Each season of the series comprised 8 episodes for a total of 40 episodes.

The producer for the series was Nicole Collet with Serge Moati as assistant producer. Various directors for the seasons included Louis Choquette (season 1), Éric Rochant (seasons 2 and 3), Pierre Leccia (seasons 4 and 5).

Plot

By the will of her murdered uncle, the Corsican mafia boss François Paoli, the clan's lawyer, Sandra Paoli (Hélène Fillières), suddenly finds herself the head of the clan. Backed up by her brother, Jean-Michel Paoli, she learns how to assert herself in a very violent world and becomes a respected, but also hated, woman in a world of men, murder and criminality.

According to several media sources, the character Sandra is an adaptation of the current life of the Corsican widow Sandra Casanova-Germani whose brother Jean-Luc Germani is the most wanted man in France. The series contains violence and political schemes.

Main characters

Actor/ActressCharacterSeasonsNotes
Hélène FillièresSandra PaoliSeasons 1 to 5Jean-Michel's sister, Carmen's aunt, and leader of the mafia
Phareelle OnoyanCarmen PaoliSeasons 1 to 5Sandra's beloved niece and Jean-Michel's daughter.
Thierry NeuvicJean-Michel PaoliSeasons 1 to 4Sandra's brother and father of Carmen. Killed by Sandra (season 4)
Éric FraticelliAntoine "Tony" CampanaSeasons 2 to 5
Frédéric GrazianiJoseph Emmanuel
Frédéric "Manu"
Mordiconi		Seasons 2 to 4
Philippe CorticchiatoSeason 5Replaced Graziani after his death in March 2013
Jean-Pierre KalfonToussaint ScagliaSeasons 2 to 5
Jean-Marc MichelangeliPaul BonafediSeasons 1 to 5

Season 1 (2006-2007)

Season 2 (2008)

Season 3 (2010)

Season 4 (2012)

Season 5 - Mafiosa - L'ultime saison (2014)

References