The Sweet and the Bitter ( Il Dolce e l'amaro )

The Sweet and the Bitter (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: Il Dolce e l'amaro
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Andrea Porporati

Written By:
Andrea Porporati

Actors:
Donatella Finocchiaro ..... Ada
Vincenzo Amato ..... Vito Scordia, Saro's father
Pietro Arciadiacono ..... Proprietario chiosco
Arianna Barbanera ..... Figlia Saro e Aldo
Roberto Bonura ..... Guardaspalle Zu Pietro
Gaetano Bruno ..... Mimmo
Marialorena Cacciatore ..... Turista tedesca
Andrea Cannistraro ..... Regazzo traghetto
Tommaso Caporrimo ..... Rapinatore
Gioacchino Cappelli ..... Vicari
Renato Carpentieri ..... Turista tedesca
Vittoria Cinquina ..... Zu Pietro
Giovanni Cintura ..... Benzinaio Apprendista
Ignazio Cusimano ..... Artificiere mafioso
Fulvio D'Angelo ..... Fratello Saro
Vincenzo D'Asta ..... Madre Saro
Giuseppa Di Blasi ..... Roccu u pazzu
Calogero Di Majo ..... Rapinatore
Antonino Dolcemascolo ..... Proprietario autosalone
Mario Fasano ..... Barzellettiere
Salvatore Forzisimo ..... Gaetano
Toni Gambino ..... Stefano
Fabrizio Gifuni ..... Guardaspalle Ofanto
Alessandro Giugliano ..... Antonia
Ornella Giusto ..... Caposcorta Massirenti
Giugiu Gramaglia ..... Traduttore di Partinico
Santo Leonardi ..... Gurdaspalle Zu Pietro
Erasmo Lo Bello ..... Saro Scordia
Luigi Lo Cascio ..... Esentato servizio militare
Giacomo Lo Nardo ..... Direttore carcere
Filippo Luna ..... Cliente banca
Mariangela Consuelo Lupo ..... Rapinatore
Salvatore Maddalena ..... Moglie Mimmo
Ana Paula Mancino Machado ..... Madre Sciacca
Flora Massimo ..... Chantal
Linda Messerlinker ..... Cosimo Albanese
Pier Luigi Misasi ..... Rapinatore
Domenico Montesanto ..... Ragazzo pozzo
Emanuela Muni ..... Padre Massirenti
Fabrizio Nuccio ..... Padre esentato
Enrico Pappalardo ..... Babbuzza
Leandro Parlavecchio ..... Ninni Santamaria
Mario Patanè ..... Ragioniere
Domenico Pecoraro ..... Lillo
Antonino Pensabene ..... Ofanto Agostino
Alessio Piazza ..... Maresciallo traghetto
Marcello Prayer ..... Turi Sciacca
Antonio Puccia ..... Commessa
Raffaele Sabato ..... Cassiera
Maria Luisa Seravesi ..... Ragazzo pozzo
Annamaria Varello ..... Cliente autosalone
Gian Maria Virzì ..... Madre Rocco
Grazia Zappalà ..... Rapinatore
Giuseppa Zerbo
Giuseppe Zerbo

Synopsis:

An average Sicilian on the fast track to success within the Cosa Nostra becomes ever more disillusioned about his standing within the ranks of the brutal criminal underworld in director Andrea Porporati's character-driven crime drama. Saro Scordia (Lo Cascio) was just a young boy when his father was killed in a prison riot. In the wake of his tragic loss, Saro is soon taken under the wing of underworld figure Gaetano Butera (Tony Gambino) and shown all the benefits of being truly connected. Later, while Saro is serving a brief sentence behind bars, he makes the acquaintance of influential gangster Uncle Ciccu (Renato Carpentieri). It is this relationship proves especially fruitful for Saro once he returns to the streets, paving the way for a series of increasingly important jobs including a high profile bank job in Turin and a crucial hit in Milan alongside Ciccu's bumbling son Mimmo (Gaetano Bruno). Things soon threaten to fall apart, however, when the love-struck Saro falls deeply in love with the stunning Ada (Donatella Finocchiaro) - a strong willed woman who refuses to become a mafia wife. Though Saro dutifully marries a woman more accepting of his criminal lifestyle and begins raising a family as expected of him by his superiors, the brutality of the criminal lifestyle soon leads him to regret his decision to become an official "man of honor."

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 October, 2008.

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