I'm totally with you, SB. But I dare say more. Beyond so exquisitely portrayed Sicily and Sicilians themselves, I dare say "Sicilianity" is portrayed. Sicilianity as an existencial condition belonging more to the spirit than to a specific geographical area. Sicilianity as a metaphor of isolation, poverty, famine, desperation, violence as the only response to the absence of government, emigration as the only hope for a better future. A condition that is similar to other countries (e.g. Ireland, Eastern European countries etc) -- maybe this is why GF success is universal and not limited to a specific ethnic group (Italian Americans).