Enzo, domani a Palermo!

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Enzo, domani a Palermo!

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.

Release Date

1999-09-01

Year

1999

Duration

1h 8m

Status

Released

Score

7.25

Production

Cast

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Umberto Castagna

Salvatore Cascio

Salvatore Cascio

Self (archive footage) (as Totò Cascio)

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Saverio D'Amico

Tony Sperandeo

Tony Sperandeo

Salvatore Termini

Salvatore Termini

Franco Maresco

Franco Maresco

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Angelo Prollo

Angelo Prollo

Benedetto Raneli

Benedetto Raneli

Pippo Agusta

Pippo Agusta

Maurizio Prollo

Maurizio Prollo