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Overview
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Release Date:
14 February 1986 (USA)
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Plot:
Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
Awards:
4 wins
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6 nominations
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Paolo and Vittorio Taviani: 'For us it was cinema or death'
(From The Guardian - Film News. 1 March 2013, 12:00 AM, PST)
Tonino Guerra – a career in clips
(From The Guardian - Film News. 22 March 2012, 10:32 AM, PDT)
A Jolie time in Berlin… with some darker tones
(From The Guardian - Film News. 18 February 2012, 4:11 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 1 March 2013, 12:00 AM, PST)
Tonino Guerra – a career in clips
(From The Guardian - Film News. 22 March 2012, 10:32 AM, PDT)
A Jolie time in Berlin… with some darker tones
(From The Guardian - Film News. 18 February 2012, 4:11 PM, PST)
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Haunting without subtitles
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Margarita Lozano | ... | Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Orazio Torrisi | ... | Comizzi (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Carlo Cartier | ... | Il giovane dottore (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Biagio Barone | ... | Salvatore (segment "Requiem") |
| Laura Mollica | ... | La ragazza / Francesca (segments "L'altro figlio" and "Requiem") |
| Salvatore Rossi | ... | Il patriarca (segments "L'altro figlio" and "Requiem") |
| Franco Scaldati | ... | Don Sarso (segment "Requiem") |
| Pasquale Spadola | ... | Il barone (segment "Requiem") |
 | Claudio Bigagli | ... | Batà (segment "Mal di luna") |
| Massimo Bonetti | ... | Saro (segments "Mal di luna" and "Colloquio con la madre") |
| Enrica Maria Modugno | ... | Sidora (segment "Mal di luna") |
| Anna Malvica | ... | La madre (segment "Mal di luna") |
| Regina Bianchi | ... | Madre di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") (as Régina Bianchi) |
| Laura De Marchi | ... | Nonna di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
| Giovanna Taviani | ... | Madre di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
| Valentina Taviani | ... | Zia di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
| Giuliano Taviani | ... | Zio di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
| Omero Antonutti | ... | Luigi Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
| Enzo Alessi | ... | L'avvocato (segment "La giara") |
| Maria Lo Sardo | ... | Sara (segment "La giara") |
| Matilde Piana | ... | La donna dell'acqua (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Maria Teresa Di Fede | ... | Mariagrazia giovane (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Giovanni Marsala | ... | Jeli (segment "La giara") |
| Salvatore Mignosi | ||
| Tony Sperandeo | ||
| Enzo Gambino | ... | Il giovane emigrante (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Angelo Mezzasalma | ... | L'ufficiale dei carabinieri (segment "Requiem") |
| Giuseppe Sorge | ... | Emigrante (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Domenico Gennaro | ||
| Claudio Gazziano | ... | Le fils dIl figlio del vecchio (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Fernando Jelo | ||
| Giorgio Guerrieri | ||
| Frida Terranova | ... | La sorella dell'avvocato (segment "La giara") |
| Bartalo Vindigni | ... | Il becchino (segment "Requiem") |
| Franco Franchi | ... | Zi' Dima (segment "La giara") |
| Ciccio Ingrassia | ... | Don Lollò (segment "La giara") |
| Nello Accardi | ... | Il contadino (segment "Requiem") |
| Sabina Belfiore | ... | Ragazza (segment "Requiem") |
| Giovanni Blandino | ... | Il marito di Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Giovanni Catania | ... | Carrettiere (segment "L'altro figlio") |
| Maria Lauretta | ... | La moglie dell'avvocato (segment "La giara") |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Maria Berranova | ||
Directed by | |||
| Paolo Taviani | |||
| Vittorio Taviani | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Luigi Pirandello | (stories) | |
| Paolo Taviani | (as Paolo) & | |
| Vittorio Taviani | and | |
| Tonino Guerra | ||
Produced by | |||
| Giuliani G. De Negri | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Nicola Piovani | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Giuseppe Lanci | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Roberto Perpignani | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Francesco Bronzi | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Lina Nerli Taviani | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Luciana Maria Costanzi | .... | hair stylist (as Luciana Costanza) | |
| Cesare Paciotti | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Claudio Gaeta | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Roberto Aristarco | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Hubrecht Nijhuis | .... | sound engineer | |
| Alessandro Zanon | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Roberto Belli | .... | gaffer | |
| Riccardo Serravalli | .... | grip | |
Production Companies
- Filmtre
- Rai Uno Radiotelevisione
- MK2 Productions (associate producer)
- MK2 Productions (1984) (France) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Classics (1986) (USA) (VHS) (subtitled pan-and-scan)
- Homescreen (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- MK2 Éditions (2004) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
- Koch Lorber Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
- F.J. Lucas (Brazil) (VHS)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Chaos" - USA (informal literal title)
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Runtime:
188 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)See more »
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Arietta 'L'ho perduta'See more »
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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.