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A man attends a memorial for his father's death, uncovering the truth about his family's mafia ties.
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On the 10th anniversary of his father's mysterious death, Gio brings a birthday cake prepared by his mother to a memorial celebration hosted by his uncle Angelo, a Brooklyn mafia boss. Gio's life begins to change as he pieces together what really happened to his father all those years ago, coming face to face with a kind of violence he has been trying to avoid his whole life.
"A family of mobsters, one of its members trying to keep away, only to be dragged into the violence of their questionable familial ties. The premise of 'El cumpleaños mortal' ('The Birthday Cake') could remind one of 'The Godfather', although the story is set in contemporary Brooklyn and unfolds differently. It all starts when Gio (Shiloh Fernandez) must take a traditional birthday cake to his mobster uncle's (Val Kilmer) house. However, along the way, he gets tangled in his cousin's conflicts, which eventually leads him to uncover what happened to his father a decade before. Ultimately it is very far from being a reference of mafia films, but it is a proposal that entertains with its intrigue and performances from a cast that also includes Ewan McGregor and Penn Badgley."