Baarìa (2009)

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Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Writer:

Giuseppe Tornatore (story)

Release Date:

29 April 2010 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.

Plot Keywords:

Children | 1920s | Communist Party | Epic | Italy

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 13 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Francesco Scianna	...	Peppino Torrenuova
Margareth Madè	...	Mannina
Lina Sastri	...	Tana / Beggard
Ángela Molina	...	Sarina
Nicole Grimaudo	...	Sarina as a young woman
Ficarra	...	Nino (as Salvo Ficarra)
Picone	...	Luigi (as Valentino Picone)
Gaetano Aronica	...	Cicco
Alfio Sorbello	...	Cicco as a young man
Lollo Franco	...	Don Giacinto
Giovanni Gambino	...	Peppino as a child
Giuseppe Garufì	...	Pietro as a child
Aldo	...	Speculator (as Aldo Baglio)
Raoul Bova	...	Roman journalist
Paolo Briguglia	...	Catechist
Luigi Maria Burruano	...	Chemist
Laura Chiatti	...	Student
Giorgio Faletti	...	Corteccia
Beppe Fiorello	...	Dollar seller
Donatella Finocchiaro	...	Haberdasher
Corrado Fortuna	...	Renato Guttuso
Nino Frassica	...	Giacomo Bartolotta
Leo Gullotta	...	Liborio
Luigi Lo Cascio	...	Beggard's son
Enrico Lo Verso	...	Minicu
Marcello Mazzarella	...	Podestà
Vincenzo Salemme	...	Leading actor
Monica Bellucci	...	Bricklayer's girlfriend
Michele Placido	...	Communist
Fabrizio Romano	...	Onofrio Pace
Gaetano Bruno	...	Gino Artale
Michele Russo	...	Turiddu
Francesco Guzzo	...	Auctioneer
Gaetano Balistreri	...	Carru Minà / Carru Minà's grandson
Orazio Stracuzzi	...	Father Nespola
Giuseppe Russo	...	Michele as a child
Domenico Centamore	...	PCI comrade
Giuseppe Butera	...	PCI comrade
Anna Faranna	...	Angela as an adolescent
Valentina Rubino	...	Angela as a child
Desirée Rubino	...	Angela as a child (as Desirè Rubino)
Mariangela Di Cristina	...	Mannina as a child
Davide Viviani	...	Peppino as an adolescent
Giovanni Cangialosi	...	Stutterer
Roberto Salemi	...	CGIL union leader
Katia Gargano	...	Donna Bastiana
Daniele Perrone	...	Mannina's fiancé
Alessandro Schiavo	...	Ignazio Buttitta
Orio Scaduto	...	Gaspare
Enrico Salimbeni	...	Alberto Lattuada
Marco Iermanò	...	Pietro
Adele Tirante	...	Rosalia
Christian Canzonieri	...	Mino (as Christian Canzoneri)
Lauretana Di Salvo	...	Rosa
Gisella Marengo	...	Matilde
Salvatore Filippone	...	Blacksmith
Emanuele Gullotto	...	Barber
Ludovico Vitrano	...	Sarina's father
Raffaele Sabato	...	Urban planning councillor
Mimmo Cuticchio	...	Silent film reader
Franco Scaldati	...	Photographer
Tony Sperandeo	...	Breeder
Paride Benassai	...	Smallholder
Ugo Giacomazzi	...	PCI comrade
Sebastiano Lo Monaco	...	Lemon warehouse owner
Mimmo Pintacuda	...	Cinema cashier
Nino Russo	...	Mayor
Maria Bosco	...	Midwife
Serena Barone	...	Primary school teacher
Elena Russo	...	1972 bride
Pino Aiello	...	Professor
Giuseppe Sulfaro	...	Silent film audience member
Giovanni Martorana	...	Don Giacinto henchman 1
Paladino Sergio	...	Don Giacinto henchman 2 (as Sergio Paladino)
Maurizio San Fratello	...	Michele as an adolescent (as Maurilio Sanfratello)
Alessandro Di Carlo	...	Alberto Sordi
Leonardo Bellanca	...	Student representative
Santo Di Stefano	...	Federation comrade
Francesco Foti	...	PCI regional director
Rosario Gagliano	...	Briscola player 1
Giuseppe Campagna	...	Briscola player 2
Tommaso Caporrimo	...	Strange guy
Alessio Piazza	...	Typographer
Alessandro Agnello	...	Carabineer
Fabrizio Pizzuto	...	Food supply official
Maria Gagliano	...	Angela's teacher
Filippa Greco	...	Catechism teacher
Zaira Rumeo	...	Rita
Giacinto Albanese	...	Pietro
Alberto Mangiante	...	Lattuada's assistant
Alessio Baffa Scinelli	...	Young photographer
Giovanni Corvaia	...	Filippo
Ludovico Caldarera	...	L'Ora reporter
Vincenzo Bonanno	...	Janitor
Marcello Villa	...	Labourer 1
Salvatore Rancatore	...	Labourer 2
Giuseppe Cici	...	Labourer 3
Enrico Roccaforte	...	Labourer 4
Turi D'Anca	...	Provocateur
Raffaele Gangale	...	Militia leader
Lucia Marfia	...	Blind woman
Roberto Adelfio	...	Attanasio
Gaetano Martino	...	Silent film projectionist
Giorgio Provenzano	...	Coachman
Casimiro Di Salvo	...	Crippled man
Doriana La Fauci	...	Sarina's neighbour
Simona Malato	...	Cicco's neighbour 1
Ivonne Mineo	...	Cicco's neighbour 2
Rosaria Badalamenti	...	Rosa's shop customer 1
Rosaria Filippone	...	Rosa's shop customer 2
Franco Galletto	...	Ex-evacuee
Maria Di Cristina	...	Ex-evacuee's wife
Vincenzo Garufi	...	Fifetto
Carmelo Cannavò	...	Strongman
Giuseppe Fazio	...	Ice cream man
Luciano Federico	...	Municipal guard
Giuseppe Massa	...	Crook 1
Roberto Bonura	...	Crook 2
Rosanna Giacalone	...	Dance teacher
Bernardo Salvatore Seragusa	...	Butcher
Giovanni Ruvolo	...	Doctor
Giovanni Pagano	...	Bricklayer
Pietro Maligno	...	Sweets seller
Carmela Gentile	...	Landlady (as Carmelinda Gentile)
Antonino Lo Piparo	...	Landlord / Cinema audience member 2
Salvatore Martorana	...	Fisherman
Antonio Ribisi La Spina	...	Polling station president 1
Michele D'Amato	...	Polling station president 2
Antonino Giordano	...	Prince
Manuela Spartà	...	Olive grove girl
Vincenzo Rossi	...	DC party list representative
Maria Teresa De Sanctis	...	Sacristan
Salvatore Provino	...	Cinema audience member 1
Luca Campagna	...	Gang member 1
Davide Gallina	...	Gang member 2
Gabriele Giuseppe Terranova	...	Gang member 3
Sergio Vespertino	...	DC man
Nadia La Malfa	...	Lattuada's script supervisor
Dustin Fowler	...	American soldier (as Dustin Lee Flower)
Tiziana Lodato	...	Invitee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beata Ben Ammar	...	Primadonna
Gabriele Lavia	...	Teacher

Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore

Writing credits
Giuseppe Tornatore		(story and screenplay)

Produced by
Tarak Ben Ammar	....	producer
Mario Cotone	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Enrico Lucidi

Film Editing by
Massimo Quaglia

Production Design by
Maurizio Sabatini

Art Direction by
Maurizio di Clemente		(art direction)
Cosimo Gomez
Maurizio Sabatini

Set Decoration by
Livia Del Priore

Costume Design by
Luigi Bonanno

Makeup Department
Alessandro Bertolazzi	....	makeup artist: Monica Bellucci
Giusy Bovino	....	chief hair stylist
Vincenza Lamparelli	....	makeup artist
Samankta Mura	....	hair stylist
Diego Prestopino	....	makeup artist
Alessia Quattrocchi	....	assistant makeup artist
Gino Zamprioli	....	makeup department head
Ilaria Zamprioli	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Riccardo Folgore	....	unit manager
Katia Franco	....	unit manager
Giorgio Innocenti	....	production manager
Monica Verzolini	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Moez Ben Hassen	....	second assistant director
Alberto Mangiante	....	first assistant director
Lassad Oueslati	....	third assistant director
Barbara Pastrovich	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fabio Carussi	....	carpenter
Francesco Cotone	....	assistant art designer
Andrea De Antoniis	....	assistant production designer
Andrea Di Palma	....	assistant production designer
Sergio Tribastone	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Paolo Amici	....	sound effects editor
Italo Cameracanna	....	foley artist
Italo Cameracanna	....	sound editor
Italo Cameracanna	....	sound effects
Claudio Chiossi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gabriele Conti	....	assistant sound engineer
Dario D'Amico	....	dialogue editor
Fabio D'Amico	....	dialogue editor
Enzo Diliberto	....	foley artist
Alberto Doni	....	sound mixer
Dario Garbo	....	sound recordist
Roberto Moroni	....	sound re-recording mixer
Daniele Quadroli	....	sound effects editor
David Quadroli	....	sound effects editor
Fabrizio Quadroli	....	sound effects editor
Faouzi Thabet	....	sound
Francesco Vallocchia	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Pasquale Catalano	....	special effects technician
Maurizio Corridori	....	special effects
Elisa D'Angelo	....	special effects
Patrizio Lamura	....	special effects
Adriano Macchitella	....	special effects
Davide Palmiotto	....	assistant engineer
Mario Zanot	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Francesco Alliaud	....	lighting technical director
Krámli András	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Szvák Antal	....	visual effects coordinator: Cube Effects
Gilberto Arpioni	....	lead compositor: Storyteller
Oliver Auguszt	....	3D artist: Cube Effects
Francesca Baiardi	....	visual effects coordinator: Storyteller
Andrea Baracca	....	digital artist
Stepán Batousek	....	digital compositor
Francesca Bellettato	....	compositor: Storyteller
Zoltán Benyó	....	visual effects production supervisor: Digital Apes
Viviana Biondolillo	....	visual effects production assistant: Storyteller
Gilberto Birigozzi	....	system administration: Storyteller
Zoltán Bojtos	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Vajda Bálint	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Benedetta Cappelloni	....	title designer
Mária Czeglédi	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Dennis Dallen	....	lead compositor
Enrico De Palo	....	lead compositor
Laboncz Edina	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Péter Farkas	....	rotoscope supervisor: Cube Effects
Domenico Ferraro	....	compositor artist
Stefano Ferrera	....	visual effects artist: Storyteller
Zoltán Fiedler	....	matchmove artist: Cube Effects
Ádám Fiers	....	visual effects line producer: Cube Effects
Dániel Forgács	....	tracking supervisor: Cube Effects
Papp Gabriella	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Saul Galbiati	....	compositor
Paolo Gerosa	....	digital compositor: Storyteller
Paolo Gnoni	....	visual effects artist
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Lukas Herrmann	....	digital matte paint artist
Zuzana Hlavkova	....	digital compositor
Giorgio Iovino	....	matte painter/compositor
Marco Iozzi	....	digital matte painter
Simone Jacoella	....	digital compositor
Dalibor Janda	....	digital compositor
Tomas Kalhous	....	senior compositor: UPP
Mihály Kapitány	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Pál Klemm	....	composite supervisor: Cube Effects
László Kondor	....	junior pipeline technical director: Cube Effects
Gabriella Korán	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Vaclav Kostun	....	machmove artist
Patrizio Lamura	....	visual effects
Attila Lecza	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Roberta Longo	....	compositor: Storyteller
Luca Lossani	....	roto & cleanup: Storyteller
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Davide Maccagni	....	digital compositor
Adriano Macchitella	....	rotoscope artist
Francesco Marchesini	....	cgi modeler: Storyteller
Dirk Meister	....	lead compositor
Dirk Meister	....	visual effects
Károly Mesterházy	....	matchmove artist
Daniel Mark Miller	....	junior compositor
Michal Mocnak	....	digital compositor
Maurizio Nitti	....	compositor: Storyteller
Péter Obornik	....	3D artist: Cube Effects
Michelangelo Neri Orliani	....	digital compositor
Peter Orlicky	....	digital compositor
Nikolett Papp	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Matteo Pastorino	....	lighter
Andrea Pecora	....	lighter
Ivan Peroni	....	lightning td
Sandor Peto	....	3d artist
Robert Pik	....	lead compositor
Fulvio Pisano	....	coordinating producer: Storyteller
Attila Polgár	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Gabor Pulai	....	3d/matchmove artist: Cube Effects
Csaba Pépp	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Luca Gabriele Rossetti	....	visual effects
Emiliano Salardi	....	animation artist: Storyteller
Vit Sedlacek	....	digital compositor
Vit Sedlacek	....	flame artist
Gianni Silvestri	....	visual effects
Federico Stefanini	....	visual effects artist
Mátyás Szabó	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Zoltán Szegedi	....	compositor: Cube Effects
András Szõcs	....	matchmove artist: Cube Effects
Daniele Tagliaferri	....	shot technical director: Storyteller
Guido Tognoni	....	visual effects artist: Storyteller
Ruggero Tomasino	....	compositor
Davide Tubaro	....	visual effects
Gábor Tóth	....	3D artist: Cube Effects
Gergely Velki	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Attila Vócsa	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Alessandro Zanforlin	....	digital compositor
Mario Zanot	....	visual effects supervisor: Storyteller

Stunts
David Ambrosi	....	stunt coordinator
Giorgio Antonini	....	stunt safety
Giorgio Antonini	....	stunts
Mauro Aversano	....	stunt performer
Mauro Aversano	....	stunts
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunt safety
Marco Pancrazi	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Cristiano Biagioli	....	grip
Domenico D'Andrea	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Luca Mercuri	....	assistant camera
Giorgio Perluigi	....	additional second assistant camera
Marta Spedaletti	....	chief still photographer
Martino Tagliaferri	....	focus puller: "a" camera

Animation Department
Luca Cantani	....	animator

Casting Department
Chiara Agnello	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Antonella Balsamo	....	costume design assistant
Sabrina Beretta	....	costume assistant
Marco Fantoni	....	costume design assistant
Marco Magno	....	costume design assistant

Editorial Department
Andrea Baracca	....	colorist
Jerome Brechet	....	dailies color grader
Dario Di Vito	....	post-production producer
Reginald Gallienne	....	dailies color grader

Music Department
Gabriele Conti	....	score engineer assistant
Piero Cosenza	....	music consultant
Antonello Navarra	....	music producer
Gianni Perilli	....	musician
Paola Vanoni	....	music licensing
Paola Vanoni	....	music production assistant
Fabio Venturi	....	score mixer

Other crew
Barbara Busso	....	production coordinator
Cristina Catapano	....	cashier
Elide Cortesi	....	script supervisor
Dennis Davidson	....	International publicity consultants
Paolo Iocchi Gratta	....	accountant
Emilie Maison	....	press attache france
Salvatore Ricciardi	....	conform supervisor
Emanuela Valente	....	payroll clerk

Production Companies

• Medusa Film
• Quinta Communications (co-production)
• Regione Siciliana (support)
• Sicilia Film Commission (support)

Distributors

• Medusa Distribuzione (2009) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2009) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Summit Entertainment (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• Kadokawa Pictures (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Quinta Communications (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Continental Film (2010) (Slovakia) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Quinta Distribution (2010) (France) (all media)
• TriPictures (2010) (Spain) (all media)
• Alfa Films (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• Paris Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Paris Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Odeon (2010) (Greece) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bloompix (visual effects)
• Digital Apes (visual effects)

Other Companies

• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity consultants
• Exon Film  executive production
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Lumiq Studios  post-production facilities
• Panalight  camera equipment provided by
• Panalight  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"Sicilia! Sicilia!" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

163 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Sicilian | Italian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15A | Japan:PG12 | Mexico:B | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Medusa Film

Trivia:

More than 35,000 extras were employed.

Movie Connections:

References Mafioso (1962)

Tornatore's Amarcord

Looking back with a sentimental eye and a generous budget doesn't guarantee a masterpiece and in fact "Baaria" is not a masterpiece, but it manages to be a lot of other things and when I say a lot a mean an awful lot, too much perhaps. The ambition of the enterprise clashes with its clarity, its accomplishment even with its honesty. I've spent 10 critical years of my childhood in Sicily and the Sicily depicted here, beauty an all, felt like the work of a foreigner. This is a Sicily for exportation or, the Sicily of a dreamer with a very acute cinematic eye. Not the Sicily of Visconti's "La Terra Trema" to be sure but perhaps Tornatore's way is a cleverer way to go about it. This is a exemplary crafted "product". It doesn't have the depth of real art nor its purity. It has, however, a great show of confidence in itself. Beautiful images, beautiful protagonists, beautiful score. The toothless smiles of the under proletarians the color coordinated attire of the rich, everything in place just the way we imagine. To say that I was disappointed wouldn't be quite true, in fact, I enjoyed it much more that I thought I would, but now, twenty four hours later, very little of it remains in my mind or in my heart.