Country: Italy
Year: 1996
Duration: 6'30"


A portrait of Palermo through the space above the city, an exploration of the nonplace of communication through cellular phones.

Biography

film director

Salvo Cuccia

Salvo Cuccia (Palermo, Italy, 1951) conducts research in video art, fiction, and new forms of documentaries. He has made approximately one hundred works (videos, shorts, documentaries, installations, performances). In 2005, Martin Scorsese presented his documentary Détour De Seta at the Tribeca Festival. He is the creator and artistic director of the series ALBASUITE - 9 Docs about Arbëreshë culture. In 2013, his documentary Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily was presented out of competition at the 70th Venice Film Festival. In 2015, he made his first fiction feature film, Lo scambio.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Duo with Peter Kowald (cm, 1993), Angelica (doc., 995), Palermo (doc., 1996), Un sogno di lumaca (cm, 1995), Cieli altissimi retrocedenti (doc., 1998), Ce ne ricorderemo, di questo pianeta (doc., 2000), Détour De Seta (doc., 2004), Rockarbëresh (doc., 2007), Fuori Rotta (doc., 2008), Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily (doc., 2013), Il soldato innamorato (doc., 2015), Lo scambio (2015), La pelle del tempo (cm, 2019).

Cast

& Credits

Director: Salvo Cuccia.
Screenplay: Salvo Cuccia, Gianni Gebbia, Roberto Paci Dalò.
Editor: Ivan Monterosso.
Director of photography: Angelo Strano.
Music: Gianni Gebbia.
Sound: Natale Lopes, Roberto Paci D'Alò.
Production company and Italian distribution: Avalon, viale Regione Siciliana 2217, 90100 Palermo, tel. +39091400635.
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