BAARIA
synopsis
An entertaining and melancholic story, it tells of great loves and awe-inspiring utopias. A legend crowded with heroes... Three generations of a Sicilian family: From Cicco to his son Peppino then grandson Pietro... With the private vicissitudes of these characters and their family on the sidelines, the film conjures up the loves, dreams and delusions of the community as a whole from the thirties to the eighties in the province of Palermo last century: Cicco was a humble shepherd during the years of fascism, but he found time to devote to his ideals: Books, poems about knights, and the great popular novels of the time. During the periods of famine and the second world war, his son Peppino came across injustice and discovered a passion for politics.
international title: | Baaria |
original title: | Baarìa - La Porta del Vento |
country: | Italy |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Giuseppe Tornatore |
film run: | 150' |
release date: | IT 25/09/2009, NL 14/01/2010, DE 11/03/2010, CZ 20/05/2010, FR 16/06/2010, BE 30/06/2010, UK 23/07/2010 |
screenplay: | Giuseppe Tornatore |
cast: | Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Raoul Bova, Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Vincenzo Salemme, Monica Bellucci, Laura Chiatti, Corrado Fortuna |
cinematography by: | Enrico Lucidi |
costumes designer: | Luigi Bonanno |
music: | Ennio Morricone |
producer: | Tarak Ben Ammar, Marina Berlusconi |
production: | Medusa Film, Summit Entertainment (USA) |
distributor: | Medusa Film, Quinta Communications, Hollywood Classic Entertainment, Paradiso Filmed Entertainment Belgique, eOne entertainmentOne |