Country: Italy
Year: 1980
Duration: 92'
Pomigliano d’Arco, the province of Naples. Immacolata and Concetta
meet in prison and fall in love. After serving their prison terms they
decide to move in together and live their love story. But whereas
Concetta cuts every tie with her past to give herself completely to her
companion, Immacolata revives an affair she had had with a rich
butcher in hopes of improving their finances. Resigned, Concetta
accepts her friend’s choice, until fear of losing what is most precious
to her forces her to extreme measures.
“The problems and worries we encountered as we made this film are
the backdrop for the crisis of ideological certainties that has invested
my generation. In this film, we talk about woman, sexuality, roles,
passionate love, death. These themes should be removed from
ideological diatribes once and for all in order to return them to their
true sphere, the concrete experience of humans: in this case, where
it manifests itself as a ghostly relationship with the screen.”
Biography
film director
Salvatore Piscicelli
Salvatore Piscicelli (Pomigliano d’Arco, Napoli, Italy, 1948) studied literature and philosophy. In 1976 he began his directing career, shooting various documentaries about the social and cultural reality of Naples. In 1979 he wrote and directed his first fiction feature film, Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy, which won the Silver Leopard at the Festival of Locarno. He then directed other films, including Regina (1987), Baby Gang (1992) and Il corpo dell’anima (1999). He has worked in theater and has published a book of short stories (Baby Gang, 1992) and a novel (La neve a Napoli,
1996). In recent years he has returned to documentaries with La comune di Bagnaia (2005) and La canzone di Marcello (2006).
FILMOGRAFIA
La canzone di Zeza (cm, doc., 1976), Carnevale popolare a Pomigliano (cm, doc., 1977), Marcello (cm, doc., 1978), Immacolata e Concetta - L’altra gelosia (Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy, 1980), Bestiario metropolitano (TV, 1980), Le occasioni di Rosa (1981), Blues metropolitano (1985), Regina (1987), Baby Gang (1992), Tutti del
bosco (doc., 1998), Il corpo dell’anima (1999), Quartetto (2001), Alla fine della notte (2003), La comune di Bagnaia (doc., 2005), La canzone di Marcello (mm, doc., 2006).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto/director, story Salvatore Piscicelli
sceneggiatura/screenplay Carla Apuzzo, Salvatore Piscicelli
fotografia/cinematography Emilio Bestetti
montaggio/film editing Roberto Schiavone
scenografia/production design Giovanni Dionisi
costumi/costume design Franz Prestieri
musica/music Giovanni Coffarelli, Franco Salierno, Tiempo Argentino
suono/sound Remo Ugolinelli
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ida di Benedetto (Immacolata), Marcella Michelangeli (Concetta), Tommaso Bianco (Ciro Pappalardo), Lucio Allocca (Pasquale), Lucia Ragni (Antonietta), Biancamaria Mastrominico (Lucia), Nina De Padova (la zia/Aunt Carmela), Linda Moretti (Sisina), Cetty Sommella (Marittella)
produttore/producer Enzo Porcelli
produzione/production Antea
sceneggiatura/screenplay Carla Apuzzo, Salvatore Piscicelli
fotografia/cinematography Emilio Bestetti
montaggio/film editing Roberto Schiavone
scenografia/production design Giovanni Dionisi
costumi/costume design Franz Prestieri
musica/music Giovanni Coffarelli, Franco Salierno, Tiempo Argentino
suono/sound Remo Ugolinelli
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ida di Benedetto (Immacolata), Marcella Michelangeli (Concetta), Tommaso Bianco (Ciro Pappalardo), Lucio Allocca (Pasquale), Lucia Ragni (Antonietta), Biancamaria Mastrominico (Lucia), Nina De Padova (la zia/Aunt Carmela), Linda Moretti (Sisina), Cetty Sommella (Marittella)
produttore/producer Enzo Porcelli
produzione/production Antea