Tony Sperandeo *
Luigi Maria Burruano *
Vincent Schiavelli
and with
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
A FILM BY BEPPE CINO
An unrealistic
fairy tale, a “Calvary” which tells of the bowels of Palermo, a Court of
Miracles populated by little bosses, two-bit fences, comedy killers,
poet/clowns and petty thief/poets, bag-snatchers/paralytics on motorised
wheelchairs running rampant in the alleys of the centre, poor starving
fools intoxicated by life and fear, a beautiful young widow determined to
be a Mother Courage, a real boss with sad, tired eyes… and many, many
others staging a local festival in just twenty-four hours, from one night
to the next amid small and large acts of violence given and received, amid
band music and luminaries announcing a religious festival… hmm! Over them
all and with them all is Totò, age 12, who would like to be more than he
is in order to love green-eyed Lina and to vindicate his murdered father.
But!…….
Production
Sorpasso
Film Srl
Producers
Marco Risi
and
Maurizio Tedesco
Director
Beppe Cino
Director of Photography
Adolfo Bartoli
Set Design
Pippo Miraudo
Costumes
Raffaella Fantasia
Editor
Mauro Bonanni
Original Music
Carlo Siliotto
Code
2419
97 minutes
cinemascope
