Plot Synopsis

Based on the book "The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia" by Alex Perry, THE GOOD MOTHERS is a six-episode drama series that follows the true story of three women who were born into the most deadly and wealthy of the Italian Mafia clans, and how they worked with a courageous female prosecutor to bring it down from the inside. The women must fight their own families for the right to survive and build a new future for their children. Denise (daughter of Lea Garofalo), Maria Concetta Cacciola, and Giuseppina Pesce dare to stand up to the fearsome 'Ndrangheta mafia. Helping them in their efforts is prosecutor Anna Colace, newly arrived in Calabria from Milan with a strategy to topple the 'Ndrangheta clans: focus on the women. It's an approach that comes with risk -- the 'Ndrangheta are known and feared for their iron fist and insidious power. The first two episodes screened at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Series on February 21, 2023. All six episodes of THE GOOD MOTHERS dropped on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 on Hulu.