The Uncle from Brooklyn
1995The 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.
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Salvatore Gattuso
as Zio di Brooklyn
Pippo Agusta
as Don Masino
Salvatore Schiera
as Gaetano Gemelli
Gaspare Marchione
as Totò Gemelli
Natale Lauria
as Iachino Gemelli
Rosario Carollo
as Ciccio Gemelli
Pietro Rizzo
as Sarino
Francesco Arnao
as San Polifemo
Antonino Bruno
as Il Mago Zoras
Luigi Cinà
as Paliddu
Bruno Di Benedetto
as La Nana
Salvatore Farina
as Madre del mago Zoras
Umberto Florulli
as Cantante
Pietro Giordano
as Vendicatore
Giovanni Gucciardi
as Custode cinema
Giovanni Lo Giudice
as Cantante fallito
Giuseppe Paviglianiti
as Guardiano dei cani
Mario Salmeri
as Guida
Massimo Salmeri
as Uomo che cerca Pedro
Vincenzo Serio
as Guardia di Don Masino
Mariano Spataro
as Mariano u' 'ngrasciatu
Francesco Tirone
as U' capitanu
Camillo Conti
as Primo prigioniero
Angelo Prollo
as Secondo prigioniero
Giuseppe Di Stefano
as Boss Nano
Ernesto Gattuso
as Secondo Boss Nano
Franco Maresco
as Himself
Ciccio Mira
as Bit Part
