Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (2014) ( Belluscone. Una storia siciliana )

Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (2014) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Belluscone. Una storia siciliana
Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Franco Maresco

Written By:
Franco Maresco

Actors:
Ciccio Mira ..... Himself
Pino Maniaci ..... Himself
Salvatore De Castro ..... Himself
Vittorio Ricciardi ..... Himself
Ficarra ..... Himself
Picone ..... Himself
Mario Melluso ..... Himself
Salvatore Piraino ..... Himself
Tatti Sanguineti ..... Himself
Girolamo Navarra ..... Himself
Rosa Corvaia ..... Herself
Francesco Puma ..... Himself
Benedetto Pennino ..... Himself
Marzia Castana ..... Herself
Simone Borruso ..... Himself

Synopsis:

Sicilian filmmaker and satirist Franco Maresco is both the director and one of the subjects of Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (Belluscone: Una Storia Italiana), an occasionally hilarious wannabe-documentary about Maresco's failed attempts to make a film about former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's alleged ties to the mafia. Only in a work by Maresco could this mean that Berlusconi remains entirely off-screen, while the director himself shares the spotlight with a film critic, a shady talent manager and two popular local singers who get into a fight over a song called I want to meet Berlusconi. A crowd-pleaser with left-leaning audiences in Italy, if its raucous Venice reception is any indication, this represents a tougher but not impossible sell abroad, as the film's frame of reference is thoroughly local.

This film tells the story of three defeats: Berlusconi's political and human defeat in his 'twilight', the one of Ciccio Mirra, Berlusconi's unconditional supporter, deeply rooted in an ancient culture that dies hard, and the director's artistic defeat in an Italy that recognised itself in this 'Berlusconian culture' for a long time, and probably still does.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 January, 2016.