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The Vesuvians

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Original title

I vesuviani (The Vesuvians)

Year

1997

Running time

140 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Antonio Capuano, Pappi Corsicato, Antonietta de Lillo, Stefano Incerti, Mario Martone

Screenwriter

Pappi Corsicato, Ivan Cotroneo, Marcello Garofalo, Antonietta de Lillo, Laura Sabatino, Antonio Capuano, Stefano Incerti, Mario Martone, Fabrizia RamondinoSee 5 More

Cast

Music

Flavio Brunetti, Pasquale Catalano, Pappi Corsicato, Antonello Paliotti

Cinematography

Cesare Accetta, Antonio Baldoni, Luca Bigazzi, Pasquale Mari

Producer

Megaris, Mikado Film, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), Telepiù

Genre

Comedy. Drama

Synopsis

Offering a host of different visions--a quintet of fairytale visions of Naples by five of the city's most accomplished filmmakers: firstly, "La Stirpe di Iana/Iana's Descendants" concerns a tale of kidnapping and a group of modern-day warrior women on motorcycles, all named after Italian soap-powder brands; "Maruzella" centers on a maudlin, aging transvestite who lives above a porn theater and provides arcane services to 'her' patrons until an encounter with a romantically jaded woman changes her life; "Sofialoren" is a surrealistic tale about a poor fisherman and his beloved squid that turns into a beautiful woman at night; "Il Diavolo nella Bottiglia/The Devil in the Bottle" is a moral tale of covetousness and comeuppance; and finally, "La Salita/The Climb" follows the mayor of Naples as he schleps up Mt. Vesuvias, on the way meeting emblematic figures, and pondering the somewhat muddled mission of 'the left' in the current political climate.

Awards: 1997: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion

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