by Antonio Capuano
Italy, 2001, 116′
The rise and fall of a family whose components are sworn members of the Camorra organized crime syndicate of Naples. A contemporary tragedy where the most terrible crime of all – the cold-blooded murder of an entire family – is committed because the youngest members of that family can see no other way out of the quagmire that is their life.
screenplay
Antonio Capuano
cinematography
Tommaso Borgstrom
editing
Giogiò Franchini
music
Lelio De Tullio
production design
Paolo Petti
costumes
Metella Raboni
cast
Carlo Cecchi (Antonino)
Licia Maglietta (Irene)
Toni Servillo (Amerigo)
Antonino Iuorio (Egidio)
Domenico Balsamo (Oreste)
Italo Celoro (Tony)
Antonio Pennarella (Libero)
Enzo Romano (Ignazio)
Susy Del Giudice (Elena)
Antonia Truppo (Orsola)
Lucia Ragni (Rita)
producer
Andrea De Liberato
production
Poetiche Cinematografiche
Antonio Capuano is a set designer, painter, screenwriter, director, playwright and teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, his native city. After working as a set designer at the RAI television studios in Naples, he turned to filmmaking; his first film, Vito and The Others, won the Best Film award at the International Critics’ Week in Venice in 1991. In 1996, his film Sacred Silence vied for the Golden Lion at Venice. Two years later, Capuano directed Polvere di Napoli, co-written with Paolo Sorrentino, which premiered at the Festival of Locarno. In 2001, he was back at Venice when his film Red Moon made the competitive lineup. And he returned to Locarno, as well, in 2005, with Mario’s War, which went on to the Toronto Film Festival. His 2010 film Dark Love premiered at Giornate degli Autori. His most recent films are Bagnoli Jungle (2015) and Achille Tarallo (2018). His new film Il buco in testa premiered at the Torino Film Festival and will be released in 2021.
2020 Il buco in testa
2018 Achille Tarallo
2015 Bagnoli Jungle
2010 L’amore buio
2008 Giallo?
2007 Luce del cielo (short)
2007 Bianco e nero alla ferrovia (doc)
2005 La guerra di Mario
2001 Luna rossa
1998 Polvere di Napoli
1997 I Vesuviani (segment: Sofialorén)
1996 Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio
1995 L’unico Paese al Mondo
(segment: Pallottole su Materdei)
1991 Vito e gli altri