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Jennifer Esposito's Directorial Debut Paints a Mafia Civil War in First 'Fresh Kills' Trailer

Jennifer Esposito's Directorial Debut Paints a Mafia Civil War in First 'Fresh Kills' Trailer

No matter how well you may get along with one another, family can be tough. Whether it’s harshly differing viewpoints or just small spats, there’s no one out there who has a perfect relationship with their blood relatives. Such can be said twofold for the leading character of Jennifer Esposito’s (Crash) directorial debut, Fresh Kills, as teenager, Rose Larusso (Emily Bader, My Lady Jane), finds herself questioning the world she grew up in. Collider’s thrilled to exclusively debut the trailer for the Quiver Distribution film, which arrives on June 14. Caught between the bond to her own flesh and blood and a life outside the crime-ridden underbelly of 1980s Staten Island, the trailer forces Rose to make an impossible decision - betray the ones she loves and live for herself, or betray herself and live for her family.

Intense, family-oriented, and overflowing with Staten Island accents, the trailer for Fresh Kills will be right up the alley for fans of similarly themed titles like The Sopranos and Goodfellas. The Larusso family is captained by its patriarch, Joe (Domenick Lombardozzi, Boardwalk Empire), a hothead and the leader of an organized crime syndicate. Joe’s wife, Francine (Esposito), and her daughter, Connie (Odessa A’zion) have always rolled with the punches (both figuratively and literally), accepting that they live the high life because of the sometimes illegal dealings that Joe’s involved with. But, as she journeys through her teenage years, the family's youngest daughter, Rose (Bader), has a difficult time accepting that her father isn’t the “honest man” she wants him to be and weighs the possibility of cutting all ties. The film also stars Anabella Sciorra (The Sopranos), Nicholas Cirillo (Outer Banks), and David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty).

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