Kaos (1984)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Writers:

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

Directed by
Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Writing credits
Luigi Pirandello		(stories)
Paolo Taviani		(writer) (as Paolo) &
Vittorio Taviani		(writer) and
Tonino Guerra		(writer)

Produced by
Giuliani G. De Negri	....	producer

Original Music by
Nicola Piovani

Non-Original Music by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart		(from arietta "L'ho perduta" from opera "Le nozze di Figaro")

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

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roberto Aristarco	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Hubrecht Nijhuis	....	sound engineer
Alessandro Zanon	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Riccardo Serravalli	....	grip

Production Companies

• Filmtre
• Radiotelevisione Italiana

Distributors

• MK2 Productions (1984) (France) (theatrical)
• Koch Lorber Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• MK2 Éditions (2004) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
• F.J. Lucas (Brazil) (VHS)
• Homescreen (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Classics (1986) (USA) (subtitled)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)

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)

Did Beethoven make films ?!?

Once Sicily was the center of our western world, and this film shows us all the beauties of far, far away, together with a Pastorale worthy of a Beethoven Symphony.

No No, Nicola Piovani composed the unforgettable music all by himself.

This film is timeless, with an imagery, thanks to master Giuseppe Lanci, that is as well sober as breathtakingly beautiful.

There is not one weak actor and the stories are from Luigi Pirandello, who aimed to make one gorgeous novella for each day of the year.

KAOS of the Taviani-brothers could, or maybe even should, be watched every day of the week. This must truly be the most beautiful cinematic achievement ever.