Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy.
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Awards:
- 4 wins & 7 nominations.
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| Margarita Lozano | ... |
Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Orazio Torrisi | ... |
Comizzi (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Carlo Cartier | ... |
Il giovane dottore (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Biagio Barone | ... |
Salvatore (segment "Requiem")
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Laura Mollica | ... |
La ragazza / Francesca (segments "L'altro figlio" and "Requiem")
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Salvatore Rossi | ... |
Il patriarca (segments "L'altro figlio" and "Requiem")
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Franco Scaldati | ... |
Don Sarso (segment "Requiem")
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| Pasquale Spadola | ... |
Il barone (segment "Requiem")
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| Claudio Bigagli | ... |
Batà (segment "Mal di luna")
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Massimo Bonetti | ... |
Saro (segments "Mal di luna" and "Colloquio con la madre")
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| Enrica Maria Modugno | ... |
Sidora (segment "Mal di luna")
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Anna Malvica | ... |
La madre (segment "Mal di luna")
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Regina Bianchi | ... |
Madre di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
(as Régina Bianchi)
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| Laura De Marchi | ... |
Nonna di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
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Giovanna Taviani | ... |
Madre di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
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Valentina Taviani | ... |
Zia di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
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| Giuliano Taviani | ... |
Zio di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
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| Omero Antonutti | ... |
Luigi Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
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Enzo Alessi | ... |
L'avvocato (segment "La giara")
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Maria Lo Sardo | ... |
Sara (segment "La giara")
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Matilde Piana | ... |
La donna dell'acqua (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Maria Teresa Di Fede | ... |
Mariagrazia giovane (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Giovanni Marsala | ... |
Jeli (segment "La giara")
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Salvatore Mignosi |
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Tony Sperandeo |
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Enzo Gambino | ... |
Il giovane emigrante (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Angelo Mezzasalma | ... |
L'ufficiale dei carabinieri (segment "Requiem")
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Giuseppe Sorge | ... |
Emigrante (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Domenico Gennaro |
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Claudio Gazziano | ... |
Le fils dIl figlio del vecchio (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Fernando Jelo |
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Giorgio Guerrieri |
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Frida Terranova | ... |
La sorella dell'avvocato (segment "La giara")
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Bartalo Vindigni | ... |
Il becchino (segment "Requiem")
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| Franco Franchi | ... |
Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
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| Ciccio Ingrassia | ... |
Don Lollò (segment "La giara")
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Nello Accardi | ... |
Il contadino (segment "Requiem")
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Sabina Belfiore | ... |
Ragazza (segment "Requiem")
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Giovanni Blandino | ... |
Il marito di Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Giovanni Catania | ... |
Carrettiere (segment "L'altro figlio")
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Maria Lauretta | ... |
La moglie dell'avvocato (segment "La giara")
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Maria Berranova |
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Directed by
| Paolo Taviani | ||
| Vittorio Taviani | ||
Written by
| Luigi Pirandello | ... | (stories) |
| Paolo Taviani | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Vittorio Taviani | ... | (screenplay) |
| Tonino Guerra | ... | (screenplay collaboration) |
Produced by
| Giuliani G. De Negri | ... | producer |
Music by
| Nicola Piovani | ||
Cinematography by
| Giuseppe Lanci | ||
Editing by
| Roberto Perpignani | ||
Production Design by
| Francesco Bronzi | ||
Costume Design by
| Lina Nerli Taviani | ||
Makeup Department
| Luciana Maria Costanzi | ... | hair stylist (as Luciana Costanza) |
| Cesare Paciotti | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Claudio Gaeta | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Roberto Aristarco | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Renato Guttuso | ... | poster artist |
Sound Department
| Fausto Ancillai | ... | sound mixer |
| Tullio Arcangeli | ... | sound effects editor |
| Fernando Caso | ... | sound effects editor |
| Edmondo Gintili | ... | foley recordist / sound effects assistant editor |
| Alvaro Gramigna | ... | foley artist |
| Claudio Gramigna | ... | sound effects editor |
| Hubrecht Nijhuis | ... | sound engineer |
| Alessandro Zanon | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Roberto Belli | ... | gaffer |
| Folco Quilici | ... | aerial operator |
| Riccardo Serravalli | ... | grip |
Additional Crew
| Fioretta Mari | ... | voice dubbing: Margherita Lozano |
| Vincenzo Mosca | ... | film sales executive |
Production Companies
Distributors
- DAC (Distributori Audiovisivi Consorziati) (1984) (Italy) (theatrical)
- MK2 (1985) (France) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Classics (1986) (United States) (VHS) (subtitled pan-and-scan)
- Homescreen (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- MK2 Éditions (2004) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
- Koch Lorber Films (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
- Arsenal Filmverleih (1986) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- France Eigasha (1985) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Polfilm (1985) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- The Movies (1985) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- F.J. Lucas (Brazil) (VHS)
- NHK-BS2 (1991) (Japan) (tv)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
- trigon-film (2019) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cine Audio Effects (sound post-production)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The film consists of four stories plus epilogue, set in 19th-century Sicily. THE OTHER SON - A mother spends her life waiting for news from her two sons (emigrated to America) while ignoring her third, because he is the reincarnation of the bandit who raped her. MOON SICKNESS - a newly-wed peasant girl discovers that her husband goes mad every full moon. She arranges for a male friend to protect her, but they end up in bed together just as the moon emerges from behind a cloud. THE JAR - a rich landowner hires a master craftsman to repair a giant olive jar, but the craftsman gets trapped inside. REQUIEM - villagers band together in an attempt to force their landlord to let them bury their dead. CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER - the writer Luigi Pirandello talks with his aged mother about a story he always wanted to write, but which he never managed to capture in words.
Written by Michael Brooke |
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| Taglines | A Canvas of People, Politics, Passion, and Pirandello. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The title of the movie comes from a quote of Luigi Pirandello, the author of the book the movies is based on. Pirandello used to say to be a "son of chaos", since he was born in Càvusu, a small village, whose name came from the Greek "Kàos", "chaos". See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Arietta 'L'ho perduta' See more » |
| Quotes |
Batà:
Madonna! Help me! I am dying! I am dying! See more » |