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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.
September 1, 1999
Tea Nova
11 people
Umberto Castagna
Self
Production
Salvatore Cascio
Self (archive footage) (as Totò Cascio)
Acting
Saverio D'Amico
Self
Acting
Tony Sperandeo
Self
Acting
Salvatore Termini
Self
Acting
Franco Maresco
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Directing
Angelo Prollo
Self
Acting
Benedetto Raneli
Self
Acting
Pippo Agusta
Self
Acting
Maurizio Prollo
Self
Acting
Aurelio Grimaldi
Self
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