Venice 2012

IT WAS THE SON (È stato il figlio) - Competition

by Daniele Ciprì
Italy/France 2012, 90 min

with Toni Servillo, Gisela Volodi, Alfredo Castro, Fabrizio Falco

World sales: RAI Trade

International Interviews on Sunday Sept 2. Available for interviews: Daniele Ciprì (director), Toni Servillo (actor), Alfredo Castro (actor)

A scruffy man named Busu introduces the story of the Ciraulo family. When their daughter is killed by a stray bullet in a Palermo gun fight, the Ciraulo family decides to use the state compensation paid to Mafia victims to buy a Mercedes. Intended as a symbol of wealth and dignitiy, the car becomes a symbol of the misery of wealth, an instrument of ruin and defeat.

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