The aspect that I enjoyed most about this movie was the constant internal battle that Peppino has in his mind. He has his own political beliefs, morals and ideology and then there is the fact that he is the son of an important figurehead in the mafia. His communist beliefs conflict with his mafia lineage and he gets into a lot of trouble because of it. His relationship with his father shows that.
During the film, he is getting into constant arguments and fights with his father. During one scene, Peppino and his father actually wrestle each other and choke each other out. During this scene Peppino's father keeps reciting the commandment, "obey thy father". This scene is a result of the tension in both Peppino and his father's minds boiling over. I also think it is symbolic of Peppino's internal struggle with wishing he could make his father proud but at the same time hating the mafia. This manifests as a sort of guilt. This guilt is so strong that it even shows up in Peppino's dreams.
The dream scene is the most poignant and powerful scene in the entire movie. It gives insight into Peppino's thought process more than any other scene in the movie and shows a side of Peppino's mind that the audience would not have gotten to see otherwise. During this scene, Tano describes all the different ways that he helped his family and tries to make Peppino feel guilty about himself. The fact that this shows up in a dream shows the other side of Peppino's conscious. This scene also shows that he is not totally guilt free of putting everyone around him in danger and that he doesn't totally hate his family. This makes the death of his father a much more impactful moment and the viewer is not totally happy that his father is gone. It also makes the scene where he denies Tano from getting into his father's funeral much more impactful as well. Overall, this scene made a lot of the rest of the scenes much more emotionally deep and shows actual depth to Peppino's character.
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