Kaos (1984)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

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:

Episodic | Siracusa Italy | Beach | Five Stories | South Italy

Awards:

3 wins

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:

Finland:K-12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Sicily, Italy

Company:

Filmtre

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#7.5)" (1994)

Haunting without subtitles

I watched this film twice in the 1980s -I think on BBC-but it may have been on channel 4 at the time and was completely captivated by it. it has a haunting quality to it that is hard to surpass and will always stay with you.. Nicola Piovanni composed the music sound score and this Maestro of Music to mood -(see if you can, Caro Diario -Dear Diary Dir.Nanni Moretti as a more modern example of the art) is virtually unknown to the general public over here . Very Sad!.. It is also a complete nonsense that in this technically advanced digital age it is impossible to find a print of this CLASSIC movie -that all film buffs really ought to see-with English SUBTITLES! Spanish ,French and Dutch subtitle versions are around and findable on DVD but ALAS... non comprarlo Inglese!-How Insular! In addition, A Bande Originale -Soundtrack "KAOS" was released on Cd in the early 90s on the Milan label (Europe-USA and S.America?), but again the niche British public not catered for. Bizarrely, when shown on TV in the 80s the movie carried English subtitles-so how does this work then? Anyway back to the film. Enjoy the opening visually stunning shots of the Crow "eagling" its way through mountain landscape and let the accompanying music sink in and you're hooked!.without going into detail-thats for you to discover-the Taviani Bros really bring out the spiritual essence of the Sicilian persona characterised in Pirandello's daily Novellas.It is a flighted sentiment soaring over a gravitated earthy reality-Sicilian Style.This is Cinema at its most alluring.Do see it if it becomes available.