When you hear about the series “The Sopranos”, you expect to watch a second version of the Godfather’s trilogy, where you perceive that you are going to see traditional gangsters with their usual features of sharpness and character, but the surprise is that the opening of the series is quiet for a man with childish features who jokes with his psychiatrist, a Tell a story about ducks! Next, you will discover that this man is Tony Soprano, the most influential mafia boss.

Gangsters in the cinema in the past

The first part of The Godfather Trilogy was released in 1972, to inaugurate a new style for mafia films or gangs, and these films depicted gangsters in a specific way, as the mafia belongers have courage and strength, as features and sharp nature have overcome them, so if we look at Vito Corleone - for example - We will find that he is a quiet person most of the time, speaking in a deep tone of voice, in addition to enjoying a special "charisma", whether in talking to others or in the way he dressed.

He is also a lover of his family, and he prefers spending time with them, and always stresses the importance of the family, and that the man who does not spend much time with his family is not a real man, but the film did not dive into the psychological depths of Vito Corleone, so the man died and we do not know exactly his weaknesses, and what things He is afraid of him, and what are the things that worry him about his sleep, and so does his eldest son Sony, who was killed as a result of his sharp typing without knowing anything about his psyche as well.

The same thing is repeated in "Goodfellas", which was produced in the early nineties, where mafia men stand out in their stereotypes, tough men who preserve the mafia traditions, and they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their friends and family, there is nothing to be afraid of, there is nothing He hesitated in their actions, as if they were more like mobile killing machines, so that the hero of the movie Henry Hill who betrayed the family was doubting his Italian origins, and that he is not a true Italy, without the film revealing the psychological aspect of these characters clearly.

The series Supranus departed from the stereotype of mafia men in gang movies, whether Scorsese films or the Godfather trilogy of Coppola, where the series focused on the neurotic organization from the inside, and also concerned the psychological aspect of the mafia men, as he dealt with their relations with their wives and marital infidelity spread in this milieu, although the series He has a clear hero, and he is Tony Soprano, because the series took care of the rest of the characters, and singled out many scenes.

Tony Soprano

Weaknesses : The series shows weaknesses in the personality of Tony, who is deeply concerned about those around him, as he discovers some of their betrayal and workforce in favor of the police, he also does not trust his uncle, and is always afraid of being killed by him, as well as his constant feeling of unhappiness, and other things that reflect The series has the usual stereotype of Mafia men and their violent nature.

Psychotherapy : The complicated, ambiguous relationship between Tony Soprano and his psychiatrist, which is one of the most beautiful relationships in the series and full of hesitation and refusal of treatment and the underestimation of the value of psychiatry during the sessions, then the state of confusion between his beliefs of the ineffectiveness of psychiatry and his return to the sessions after a break, and we allude feelings of hidden respect and admiration Toward the doctor, Tony tries to suppress her with full force.

His relationship with his mother : Livia Soprano is the most obvious weakness of Tony, as he is his mother who wants her happiness and comfort, as he blames himself a lot of times for her misfortune, but with the succession of events the relationship of the two parties completely collapses due to the mother's mental illness and her desire to harm her son.

His relationship with the family : Carmela Soprano, wife of Tony, is a religious woman, keen to go to the church and donate to the poor, but at the same time she knows her husband's criminal actions, and sometimes helps him in it, as she knows his female relationships, so she carries a lot of contradictions.

Justification for the killing : After being shot, Christopher Mulitsanti saw a nightmare, as he went to hell after his death, and Tony Soprano cut the dream to his psychiatrist, described the delirium of the influence of morphine, and said that Christopher did not deserve hell, so the doctor asked him: And you? He said, "This war between soldiers and dead soldiers and all soldiers knows the rules of the game, we follow the laws and codes, and we are not exposed to civilians, those who deserve to go to hell who kill for fun and torture children." This is how Tony, Sprano, and gangsters view murder, and how it uses a philosophical view to justify criminal acts.

Christopher Mualsanti : One of the most prominent protagonists of the series and the character who loved the heart of Tony Soprano, a man obsessed with cinema, wants to become a movie actor, and he tries to enter this field, despite warning those around him that this work does not match the nature of his work as a gangster.

Homosexual gangster : Gangsters discover that Vito Spatafor is the powerful gangster and responsible for forming a homosexual gangster, and Tony is in great confusion between the desire of the other gangsters to get rid of him and keep him because of the huge money he brings to the family.

Certainly the old gang movies, Godfather or otherwise, are very interesting films, but the series "The Sopranos" has taken the theme of gangsters to another dimension. The series discussed almost everything in the mafia world, from the internal organization through the relationship of the mafia men with their families, and most importantly building personalities, and the psychological aspects of each character.