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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Emanuele Crialese
Valeria Golino
Vincenzo Amato
Francesco Casisa
Veronica D'agostino
Elio Germano
Film Details
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Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old Pasquale is the head of a small band of children who hunt birds in their spare time, and defend "their" territory from rival gangs. Like most of his fellow Lampedusans, Pasquale spends his evenings on Via Roma, the main street that he and his mates use as a race track for performing acrobatic stunts with their Vespas. Pasquale's one acknowledged boss is his father, Pietro, a generous but violent man who is both loved and feared. His mother, Grazia, is considered to be extravagant by the rest of her family. She refuses to be dominated, however that is not an advantage in Lampedusa where everyone always keeps an eye on what she's doing. Pasquale is ashamed of his mother being different from the other mothers, but defends and protects her from the growing pressure from her peers and her husband, as everyone wants to take her to a mental hospital in Milan, where they think she can get cured.
Director
Emanuele Crialese
Cast
Valeria Golino
Vincenzo Amato
Francesco Casisa
Veronica D'agostino
Elio Germano
Muzzi Loffredo
Filippo Pucillo
Avy Marciano
Emma Loffredo
Giuseppe Del Volgo
Matteo Solina
Vincenzo Barreca
Attilio Lucia
Pasquale De Rubels
Crew
Riccardo Amorini
Enrico Barone
Raphael Berdugo
Marco Carosi
Gian Luca Chiarette
Eva Coen
Emanuele Crialese
Emmanuel Croset
Patrick Egreteau
Steven Ghouti
Giovanni Guardi
Herve Guyader
Luigi Lagrasta
Pierre-yves Lavoue
Nicolas Lefebvre
Roberto Luzi
Federico Nuti
Leopoldo Pescatore
Patty Pravo
Domenico Procacci
Didier Ranz
Sabrina Romanelli
Michela Rossi
Paola Sangiovanni
Beatrice Scarpato
Ermanno Spera
John Surman
Hubert Teissedre
Anne-dominique Toussaint
Peppino Del Volgo
Fabio Zamarion
Stephane Zito
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Released in United States Summer May 23, 2003
Released in United States on Video October 21, 2003
Released in United States November 2002 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (European Showcase) November 7-17, 2002.)
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (European Cinema) February 28-March 9, 2003.)
Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Film (International Critics Week) at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer May 23, 2003
Released in United States on Video October 21, 2003
Released in United States November 2002
Released in United States 2003
Shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (European Cinema) February 28-March 9, 2003.
