Kaos / RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana presenta ; prodotto da Giuliani G. De Negri ; sceneggiatura di Paolo e Vittorio Taviani con la collaborazione di Tonino Guerra ; regia di Paolo e Vittorio Taviani.
Publisher:
Distributed by Koch Lorber Films,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (189 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages)
Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Massimo Bonetti, Enrica Maria Modugno, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Biagio Barone, Omero Antonutti, Regina Bianchi. Adapted from Luigi Pirandello's "Novelle per un anno." Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Booklet contains a Kaos essay by Italian cinema expert Peter Bondanella. Container lists a story--The crow of Mizzaro--which does not appear on the video.
Contents:
L'altro figlio = The other son -- Mal di luna = Moonsickness -- La giara = The jar -- Requiem -- Epilogo: Colloquio con la madre = Epilogue: Dialogue with the mother.
Summary:
The other son: A mother spends her life waiting for news from her two sons while ignoring her third, because he is the reincarnation of the bandit who raped her. Moonsickness: A newly-wed peasant girl discovers that her husband goes mad every full moon. She arranges for a male friend to protect her, but they end up in bed together just as the moon emerges from behind a cloud. The jar: A rich landowner hires a master craftsman to repair a giant olive jar, but the craftsman gets trapped inside. Requiem: Villagers band together in an attempt to force their landlord to let them bury their dead. The crow of Mízzaro: A strong, poetic vision of Sicilian life.
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