Country: Italy
Year: 2000
Duration: 54'
A voyage through the places of Leonardo Sciascia's life in the company of his memories. The Sicilian writer recites his own words off camera. These are taken from his writings and interviews in order to re-evoke events, situations, and conversation partners. We listen to the thoughts and voices of Elvira Sellerio, Marco Pannella, Matteo Collura, Giancarlo Caselli, and Adriano Sofri. The protagonists of the "Council of Egypt" appear, brought back to life. They are followed by Candido and Don Antonio and his beloved Sicilia.
"The epitaph that Sciascia chose for his tombstone is: 'this planet - we'll be remembering it.' If this is not a sign of the religious spirit, it is certainly one of the humility of reason and the force of reason" (Salvo Cuccia).
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.
Plot: Davide Camarrone.
Screenplay: Davide Camarrone, Salvo Cuccia, Benni Atria.
Director of photography: Angelo Strano.
Editor: Benni Atria.
Sound: Max Gobiet.
Music: autori vari.
Cast: Isabel Russinova, Gianni Garko, Roberto Burgio, Paolo Briguglia.
Production company and Italian distribution: Eleonora Cordaro per Palomar, via Pellico 24, 00195 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-37351483, fax +39-06-37351481, e-mail palomar@omen.it.
Co-production: Regione Sicilia, Assessorato per i Beni culturali e ambientali.
Plot: Davide Camarrone.
Screenplay: Davide Camarrone, Salvo Cuccia, Benni Atria.
Director of photography: Angelo Strano.
Editor: Benni Atria.
Sound: Max Gobiet.
Music: autori vari.
Cast: Isabel Russinova, Gianni Garko, Roberto Burgio, Paolo Briguglia.
Production company and Italian distribution: Eleonora Cordaro per Palomar, via Pellico 24, 00195 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-37351483, fax +39-06-37351481, e-mail palomar@omen.it.
Co-production: Regione Sicilia, Assessorato per i Beni culturali e ambientali.
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