| Friends and Romans | |
| Director: | Christopher Kublan |
| Starring: | Michael Rispoli Annabella Sciorra |
| Music: | Aaron Mirman |
| Cinematography: | Austin F. Schmidt |
| Language: | English |
Friends and Romans is a 2014 American independent comedy film written and directed by Christopher Kublan and starring Michael Rispoli, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Ben-Victor and Tony Sirico.[1] [2] It was awarded Best Narrative Feature and Best Cinematography at the 2014 Boston International Film Festival[3] and Favorite Narrative Feature at the Napa Valley Film Festival.
Nick DeMaio, who has had small acting roles over the years, seeks to be more than just the Italian mob stereotype. When he is not successful getting an appropriate role from productions by others, he rents a Staten Island theater and puts together his own production of Julius Caesar, with the help of other actors he knows. What he doesn't know is that the theater owner, who auditions for and gets the role of Brutus, is the reclusive mobster the FBI has been investigating. Meanwhile, Nick's daughter Gina wants the lead role in Guys and Dolls at her school, but she gets it only because the drama teacher believes her father is a real mobster.