Lo Zio di Brooklyn
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Daniele Cipri
Ernesto Gattuso
Pippo Agusta
Mario Salmeri
Antonio Bruno
Pietro Rizzo
Film Details
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Synopsis
Set in apocalyptic Palermo peopled by ignorant, inbred, flatulent gluttons and deformed Mafiosi, a dark comedy which centers on a poor family of three-middle aged brothers who are coerced, by local Mafia honchos, into hiding a mysterious old man known as the Uncle From Brooklyn in their home.
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Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States February 1996
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States May 1996
Released in United States October 1995
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 29 - March 8, 1996.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 15-26, 1996.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 1995.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 27 - October 6, 1996.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Images) August 30 - September 9, 1995.)
Released in United States May 1996 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 15-26, 1996.)
Feature debut for directing team, Daniele Cipri and Franco Maresco, already notorious in Italy for their darkly comic short films and video work.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 27 - October 6, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 29 - March 8, 1996.)
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Images) August 30 - September 9, 1995.
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States October 1995 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 1995.)
