Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Francesco Scianna | ... | Peppino Torrenuova | |
Margareth Madè | ... | Mannina | |
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Lina Sastri | ... | Tana / Beggard |
Ángela Molina | ... | Sarina | |
Nicole Grimaudo | ... | Sarina as a young woman | |
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Ficarra | ... | Nino (as Salvo Ficarra) |
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Picone | ... | Luigi (as Valentino Picone) |
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Gaetano Aronica | ... | Cicco |
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Alfio Sorbello | ... | Cicco as a young man |
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Lollo Franco | ... | Don Giacinto |
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Giovanni Gambino | ... | Peppino as a child |
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Giuseppe Garufì | ... | Pietro as a child |
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Aldo Baglio | ... | Speculator |
Raoul Bova | ... | Roman journalist | |
Paolo Briguglia | ... | Catechist |
The film begins in the 1920's, in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (a.k.a. Baaria) where Giuseppe "Peppino" Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next 50 years Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl (Mannina), has children and forges a political career for himself. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I was very disturbed by this film and not the kind of disturbance a Polanski or a Pasolini may provide but a disturbance that goes beyond what was on the screen. The Italians tend to be so strict, so serious when it comes to films by an "auteur" so, how is it they give Giuseppe Tornatore a thumbs up for this sentimental without sentiment, two and a half hours television commercial? I kept waiting for the film to start but it never does. Headlines without the article that explains it. Snippets, sketches enveloped in lots and lots of sticky music. This could perfectly have been the work of an American director who's never been to Sicily. A children's coloring book. I'm so puzzled