
The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through small villages of 1950s Sicily pretending to work for the big film studios in Rome.
Cast

Sergio Castellitto
Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)

Tiziana Lodato
Beata

Franco Scaldati
Brigadier Mastropaolo

Leopoldo Trieste
Mute

Leo Gullotta
Vito

Clelia Rondinella
Anna's mother

Salvatore Billa
Prince

Jane Alexander
Princess

Tony Sperandeo
1st Badalamenti

Tano Cimarosa
Grandpa Bordonaro

Nicola Di Pinto
Communal Functionary

Domenico Gennaro
1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro)

Luigi Maria Burruano
Flirtatious Client

Antonella Attili
Nurse

Costantino Carrozza
The Collector

Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Old Man in Wheelchair

Domenico Dolce
Peasant on Bus

Stefano Gabbana
Photographer
Maria Rosa Parrelo
Santina
Rita Lia
Pinuccia
Alessandro Guarrera
Clapboard Kid
Spiro Scimone
1st Nasca Brother
Francesco Sframeli
2nd Nasca Brother

Tony Palazzo
Pio Li Fusi
Emilio Scimone
2nd Mafioso
Massimo Pupella
Bordonaro Jr.
Giorgio Guerrieri
Cinema Cashier
Filippo Tarantino
2nd Badalamenti
Onofrio Ducato
Mafia Boss Realzisa
Paolo Noto
Zu' Leonardo
Turi Killer
Boy with Garabaldino

Pino Calabrese
1st Carabiniere
Antonio Miceli
Cosimo Millelire

Aurora Quattrocchi
Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi)
Elia Nicosia
Barber
Simona Merito
Anna

Peppe Zarbo
1st Friend
Sandro Piro
2nd Friend
Vincenzo Fiorenza
3rd Friend
Filippo Spitale
1st Man in Club
Pino Pellegrino
2nd Man in Club
Rosario Lanzafame
3rd Man in Club
Pippo Provvidenti
Don Lucio
Giorgio Libassi
Innkeeper
Pasquale Palumbo
Mayor
Angelo Colajemma
Vitti Na Crozza

Antonello Puglisi
Man Quoting Mussolini

Daniele Ferretti
Village Idiot
Filippo Alesi
Young Farm Laborer
Emilio Adrisani
Peasant by the River

Francesco Guzzo
Tavern Boy
Giuseppe Funari
Armless Man

Bruno Torrisi
Carwash Man
Umberto Terranove
Band Master
Rosolino Cottone
Partisan
Giovanni Alamia
1st Warehouse Man

Corrado Solari
2nd Warehouse Man

Omero Capanna
Hitman (uncredited)

Marzio Honorato
Architect Panebianco (uncredited)

Luigi Mezzanotte
Pimp (uncredited)
Vincent Navarra
D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited)
Crew

Giuseppe Tornatore
Director, Screenplay, Story
Fabio Rinaudo
Screenplay
Massimo Quaglia
Editor
Mario D'Ambrosio
Assistant Editor
Pamela Quaglia
Assistant Editor

Dante Spinotti
Director of Photography
Marco Guidone
First Assistant Director
Francesco Ascione
Second Assistant Director

Umberto Riccioni Carteni
Second Assistant Director
Mario Cotone
Executive Producer

Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Producer

Rita Rusić
Producer
Francesco Bronzi
Production Design
Enrico Lucidi
Camera Operator
Stefano Falivene
First Assistant Camera

Adriano Giannini
First Assistant Camera
Simon Iorio
Second Assistant Camera
Giovanni Gebbia
Steadicam Operator
Luigi Bonanno
Assistant Costume Designer
Raffaella Fantasia
Assistant Costume Designer
Beatrice Bordone
Costume Design
Elisabetta De Leonardis
Hair Department Head
Nilo Jacoponi
Makeup Department Head
Simone Marazzi
Makeup Artist
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Tonino Anastasi
Sound Mixer
Massimo Loffredi
Sound
Giulio Viggiani
Boom Operator

Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Nello Giorgetti
Set Decoration
Salvatore Saito
Assistant Set Decoration
Alessia Bulgari
Still Photographer
Angelo Novi
Still Photographer
Stella D'Onofrio
Script Supervisor
Luciano Magagnini
Property Master
Claudio Stefani
Property Master
Sandro Bolli
Key Grip
Carlo Vinciguerra
Gaffer
Attilio Viti
Production Manager
Tullio Lullo
Production Manager
Pietro Sassaroli
Unit Manager
Franco Fantini
Administration
Patrizia Pierucci
Administration
Sandra Orlando
Administration
Olivia Sleiter
Production Secretary
Francesca Spinotti
Production Secretary
Marco Albertini
Production Secretary
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