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Lo zio di Brooklyn

  • 19951995
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
277
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Lo zio di Brooklyn (1995)
  • Comedy
Grotesque... Depressing... Comic.... Absurd..... Every word seems useless to describe this movie. An incredible catalogue of charachters, mostly played by non professional actors or inhabita... Read allGrotesque... Depressing... Comic.... Absurd..... Every word seems useless to describe this movie. An incredible catalogue of charachters, mostly played by non professional actors or inhabitantants of Palermo slums, Sicily. A history of Mafia murders takes places in a post-atomic ... Read allGrotesque... Depressing... Comic.... Absurd..... Every word seems useless to describe this movie. An incredible catalogue of charachters, mostly played by non professional actors or inhabitantants of Palermo slums, Sicily. A history of Mafia murders takes places in a post-atomic scenario (brilliantly represented by the ZEN popular quarters of Palermo), where dogs have... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
277
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  • Directors
    • Daniele Ciprì
    • Franco Maresco
  • Writers
    • Daniele Ciprì
    • Franco Maresco
  • Stars
    • Salvatore Gattuso
    • Pippo Agusta
    • Salvatore Schiera
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  • Directors
    • Daniele Ciprì
    • Franco Maresco
  • Writers
    • Daniele Ciprì
    • Franco Maresco
  • Stars
    • Salvatore Gattuso
    • Pippo Agusta
    • Salvatore Schiera
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    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Salvatore Gattuso
    • Zio di Brooklyn
    Pippo Agusta
    • Don Masino
    Salvatore Schiera
    • Gaetano Gemelli
    Gaspare Marchione
    • Toto Gemelli
    Natale Lauria
    • Iachino Gemelli
    Rosario Carollo
    • Ciccio Gemelli
    Pietro Rizzo
    • Sarino
    Francesco Arnao
    • San Polifemo
    Antonino Bruno
    • Il Mago Zoras
    Luigi Cinà
    • Paliddu
    Bruno Di Benedetto
    • La Nana
    Salvatore Farina
    • Madre del mago Zoras
    Umberto Florulli
    • Cantante
    Pietro Giordano
    • Vendicatore
    Giovanni Gucciardi
    • Custode cinema
    Giovanni Lo Giudice
    • Cantante fallito
    Marcello Miranda
    • Uomo in mutande
    Giuseppe Paviglianiti
    • Guardiano dei cani
    • Directors
      • Daniele Ciprì
      • Franco Maresco
    • Writers
      • Daniele Ciprì
      • Franco Maresco
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    9/10
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    The best italian film of the 90's, the most extreme and radical work since SALO', a ruthless representation, in a surreal-metaphorical key, of a civilization condemned to worshipping its own blindness. The two sicilian directors use a language free from compromise and from the traditional storyline rules: the movie is photographed in a sharp and very contrasting black & white, with no beautiful pimp music, and lacks a logical story. There are no women (the ones we see are actually men), and the language is strict sicilian dialect. The directing style is characterized by long fixed shots on a post-atomic world, which is really present-day Palermo, inhabited by fat people in socks and underwear who burp and fart while roaming around smelly alleyways and waste dumps. And above all, there is the black humor of the two "cinics", acute, ruthless, and very intelligent. An extraordinary essay of surrealistic cinema in perennial confinement between drama and irony, between disconcertment and a liberatory laugh, the whole mixed with a profound sense of squalor and discomfort that accompanies the viewer even after the film is over. A film that shows the loss of certainty and moral values in today's world, the absence of order and sense: God is dead and man is alone in this abyss, this is what Cipri and Maresco seem to be reminding us of with a resonant blow.
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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1995 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Sicilian
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Wujek z Brooklynu
    • Filming locations
      • Palermo, Sicily, Italy
    • Production company
      • Digital Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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