TWO KIDNAPPINGS
by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
synopsis
Two segments: In the first one Felice, a baritone who has had to give up his career because of a heart condition and now works as an accountant at the Opera, inexplicably spends his nights laughing in his sleep. When his best friend, a cripple, takes his life and his wife abandons him Felice decides to die himself. In the second segment two kidnappings in Sicily, the second of which took place a century before the present one, are compared.
international title: | Two Kidnappings |
original title: | Tu ridi |
country: | Italy |
year: | 1998 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani |
film run: | 99' |
release date: | IT 06/09/1998, NO 12/02/1999, NL 16/09/1999, FR 29/12/1999, BE 23/02/2000 |
screenplay: | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani |
cast: | Antonio Albanese, Giuseppe Cederna, Luca Zingaretti, Dario Cantarelli, Sabrina Ferilli, Turi Ferro, Lello Arena, Orio Scaduto, Pietro De Silva, Roberto Nobile |
cinematography by: | Giuseppe a.k.a. Beppe Lanci |
film editing: | Roberto Perpignani |
art director: | Gianni Sbarra |
costumes designer: | Lina Nerli Taviani |
music: | Nicola Piovani |
producer: | Grazia Volpi |
executive producer: | Claudio Grassetti |