The Vesuvians (1997) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Offering a host of different visions--a quintet of fairytale visions of Naples by five of the city's most accomplished filmmakers: firstly, "La Stirpe di Iana/Iana's Descendants" concerns a tale of kidnapping and a group of modern-day warrior women on motorcycles, all named after Italian soap-powder

Cast & Crew

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Pappi Corsicato

Director ("La Stirpe Di Iana")

Anna Bonaiuto

Iaia Forte

Cristina Donadio

Paola Iovinella

Anna Avitabile

Film Details

Also Known As

Climb, The, Devil in the Bottle, Diavolo nella Bottiglia, Iana's Descendants, Il Diavolo nella Bottiglia, Maruzella, Salita, La, Sofialoren, Stirpe di Iana, Vesuviani, Vesuvians

Genre

Comedy

Drama

Release Date

1997

Production Company

Sacis

Distribution Company

Mikado Film

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 3m

Synopsis

Offering a host of different visions--a quintet of fairytale visions of Naples by five of the city's most accomplished filmmakers: firstly, "La Stirpe di Iana/Iana's Descendants" concerns a tale of kidnapping and a group of modern-day warrior women on motorcycles, all named after Italian soap-powder brands; "Maruzella" centers on a maudlin, aging transvestite who lives above a porn theater and provides arcane services to 'her' patrons until an encounter with a romantically jaded woman changes her life; "Sofialoren" is a surrealistic tale about a poor fisherman and his beloved squid that turns into a beautiful woman at night; "Il Diavolo nella Bottiglia/The Devil in the Bottle" is a moral tale of covetousness and comeuppance; and finally, "La Salita/The Climb" follows the mayor of Naples as he schleps up Mt. Vesuvias, on the way meeting emblematic figures, and pondering the somewhat muddled mission of 'the left' in the current political climate.

Directors

Pappi Corsicato

Director ("La Stirpe Di Iana")

Antoniette Delillo

Director ("Maruzella")

Antonio Capuano

Director ("Sofialoren")

Stefano Incerti

Director ("Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia")

Mario Martone

Director ("La Solita")

Cast

Anna Bonaiuto

Iaia Forte

Cristina Donadio

Paola Iovinella

Anna Avitabile

Franco Javarone

Maria Luisa Abbate

Francesca Cutolo

Enzo Moscato

Nunzia Disomma

Armando Pugliese

Luigi Petrucci

Tonino Taiuti

Flavio Brunetti

Gino Intartaglia

Clelia Rondinelli

Antonio Pennarella

Renato Carpentieri

Teresa Saponangelo

Gino Curcione

Toni Servillo

Lello Serao

Vincenzo Peluso

Maurizio Bizzi

Crew

Cesare Accetta

Director Of Photography ("Maruzella")

Antonio Baldoni

Director Of Photography ("Sofialoren")

Antonio Baldoni

Story By ("Maruzella")

Luca Bigazzi

Director Of Photography ("La Stirpe Di Iana")

Paola Bizzarri

Art Director ("Maruzella")

Flavio Brunetti

Music ("Sofialoren")

Antonio Capuano

Screenplay ("Sofialoren")

Pasquale Catalano

Music ("Maruzella")

Pappi Corsicato

Pappi Corsicato

Art Director ("La Stirpe Di Iana")

Ivan Cotroneo

Screenplay Collaboration ("La Stirpe Di Iana")

Ortensia Defrancesco

Costume Designer ("La Solita")

Antoniette Delillo

Screenplay ("Maruzella")

Mario Dipace

Art Director ("Sofialoren")

Lelio Ditullio

Music ("Sofialoren")

Giogio Franchini

Editor ("Maruzella" "Sofialoren")

Erica Herbert

Sound ("Maruzella")

Mario Iaquone

Sound ("La Stirpe Di Iana" "Maruzella" "Sofialoren" "Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia" "La Salita")

Stefano Incerti

Screenplay ("Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia")

Renato Lori

Art Director ("Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia")

Giorgio Magliulo

Pasquale Mari

Director Of Photography ("Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia" "La Salita")

Mario Martone

Screenplay ("La Solita")

Guiseppe Natoli

Sound ("Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia")

Antonello Paliotti

Music ("La Stirpe Di Iana")

Jacopo Quadri

Editor ("La Stirpe Di Iana" "Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia" "La Salita")

Metella Raboni

Costume Designer ("Il Diavolo Nella Bottiglia")

Fabrizia Remondino

Screenplay ("La Solita")

Daghi Rondanini

Sound ("La Stirpe Di Iana" "Sofialoren" "La Salita")

Laura Sabatino

Screenplay ("Maruzella")

Film Details

Also Known As

Climb, The, Devil in the Bottle, Diavolo nella Bottiglia, Iana's Descendants, Il Diavolo nella Bottiglia, Maruzella, Salita, La, Sofialoren, Stirpe di Iana, Vesuviani, Vesuvians

Genre

Comedy

Drama

Release Date

1997

Production Company

Sacis

Distribution Company

Mikado Film

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 3m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 1997.

Released in United States 1997

Released in United States 1997

Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 1997.)

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