Kaos (1984)

Directors:

Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Writers:

Luigi Pirandello (stories)
Paolo Taviani (writer) ...

Release Date:

14 February 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

The film consists of four stories plus epilogue, set in 19th-century Sicily. THE OTHER SON - A mother...

Plot Keywords:

Full Moon | Sicily | Olive | Emigrant | Vase

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Margarita Lozano	...	Mariagrazia (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Claudio Bigagli	...	Batà (segment "Mal di luna")
Omero Antonutti	...	Luigi Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Franco Franchi	...	Zi' Dima (segment "Giara, La")
Biagio Barone	...	Salvatore (segment "Requiem")
Regina Bianchi	...	Pirandello's mother (segment "Colloquio con la madre") (as Régina Bianchi)
Ciccio Ingrassia	...	Don Lollò (segment "Giara, La")
Enrica Maria Modugno	...	Sidora (segment "Mal di luna")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nello Accardi	...	Peasant (segment "Requiem")
Enzo Alessi	...	Avvocato (segment "Giara, La")
Sabina Belfiore	...	Maiden (segment "Requiem")
Maria Berranova
Giovanni Blandino	...	Mariagrazia's husband (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Massimo Bonetti	...	Saro (segments "Mal di luna" and "Colloquio con la madre")
Carlo Cartier	...	Doctor (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Giovanni Catania	...	Carreteer (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Laura De Marchi	...	Young Pirandello's grandmother (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Maria Teresa Di Fede	...	Young Mariagrazia (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Enzo Gambino	...	Young emigrant (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Claudio Gazziano	...	Old man's son (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Domenico Gennaro
Giorgio Guerrieri
Fernando Jelo
Maria Lauretta	...	Advocate's wife (segment "Giara, La")
Maria Lo Sardo	...	Sara (segment "Giara, La")
Anna Malvica	...	Sidora's mother (segment "Mal di luna")
Giovanni Marsala	...	Jeli (segment "Giara, La")
Angelo Mezzasalma	...	Carabinieri's officer (segment "Requiem")
Salvatore Mignosi
Laura Mollica	...	Emigrant's wife / Francesca (segments "Altro figlio, L'" and "Requiem")
Matilde Piana	...	Water woman (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Salvatore Rossi	...	Old man (segments "Altro figlio, L'" and "Requiem")
Franco Scaldati	...	Father Sarso (segment "Requiem")
Giuseppe Sorge	...	Emigrant (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Pasquale Spadola	...	Baron (segment "Requiem")
Tony Sperandeo
Giovanna Taviani	...	Young Pirandello's mother (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Giulliano Taviani	...	Pirandello's uncle as a child (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Valentina Taviani	...	Pirandello's aunt as a child (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Frida Terranova	...	Advocate's sister (segment "Giara, La")
Orazio Torrisi	...	Comizzi (segment "Altro figlio, L'")
Bartalo Vindigni	...	Grave digger (segment "Requiem")

Also Known As:

Chaos (USA)

Runtime:

UK:188 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Sicily, Italy

Company:

Filmtre

Movie Connections:

Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)

Extremely Bizarre, but in a good way

I watched Kaos last night for my Italian Culture class. There are 4 parts but the first 3 struck me particularly. The first one "L'otro Figlio" or "The Other Son" was a sad story but I really liked it. The main character for this segment, Mariagracia, gave a riveting performance.

The second story "Mal di Luna" or "Moon Sickness" is a werewolf story. This is where the movie starts to get a bit bizarre. Newlyweds Sidora and Bata live in the sicilian countryside and every full moon, Bata is enchanted by the moon and it rules him. He howls and barks like a wolf and it causes him great pain. Sidora totally freaks out and doesn't stand by him at all...

The third story "La Giara" or "The Jar" is extremely bizarre but I found it entertaining. This guy named Don Lollo who looks like what Mick Jagger would look like if he were an Italian man, acquires this huge clay jar that the town will put olive oil in. One night they come out and it's broken into 2 pieces. As a result, Don Lollo hires this eccentric potter to come fix this jar with his "magic glue" After a long series of events, the mad potter gets stuck inside the jar. It ends up being pretty funny...

All in all, I liked it. I think the editing between stories could've used a little work, but overall I thought the settings seemed very realistic. I really like the creative shots that the movie had. Most of the people seem like real sicilian people, not just random actors.

I will rate it 8 out of 10 :) ********