Enzo, domani a Palermo!

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Enzo, domani a Palermo! (1999)

Directed by Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco

Documentary · 1h 08m

Ciprì and Maresco's delicious documentary portrays Sicilian super-agent Enzo Castagna, a man with some 20,000 extras on his books, who has worked with the likes of Loren, Pasolini, Rosi, Coppola and Cimino (indeed, virtually anyone who's ever chosen to film in Palermo). It's typically weird, witty and wonderful, partly due to its subject, a self-styled 'little big man' who consents to be described as 'almighty' and 'the greatest contributor to Italian cinema in the last 35 years'. The local favourite has also done time for bribery, but refuses to comment on Cosa Nostra. The film is as astonishing as its subject. Shot in luscious b/w, it's driven forward by an offscreen interrogator who alternates between ludicrously hyperbolic flattery and forthright questions about corruption and crime. It also serves as a study of the way ethics get abandoned in the unending pursuit of fame, wealth and self-esteem.

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Cast

U
Umberto Castagna Self Salvatore Cascio Self (archive footage) (as Totò Cascio)
S
Saverio D'Amico Self Tony Sperandeo Self Salvatore Termini Self Franco Maresco Self (voice) (uncredited) Angelo Prollo Self Benedetto Raneli Self Pippo Agusta Self Maurizio Prollo Self Aurelio Grimaldi Self

Crew

Director
Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Writer
Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Director of Photography
Daniele Ciprì
Editor
Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Producer
Pippo Bisso, Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco, Rean Mazzone

Details

Release date
1999-09-01
Runtime
1h 08m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Italy
Production
Tea Nova