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Il sorriso di San Giovanni

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Il sorriso di San Giovanni

original title:

Il sorriso di San Giovanni

directed by:

Ruggero Cappuccio, Nadia Baldi

cast:

Claudio Di Palma, Giovanni Esposito, Alfonso Postiglione, Franca Abategiovanni, Marina Sorrenti, Rossella Pugliese, Simona Fredella, Enzo Mirone, Francesca Morgante, Piera Russo

screenplay:

Ruggero Cappuccio, from his play

cinematography:

Antonio Di Domenico

editing:

Ilenia Zincone

set design:

Carlo Poggioli

music:

Ivo Parlati

production:

Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale, Teatro Segreto

country:

Italy

year:

2022

film run:

90'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (08/04/2022)

festivals & awards:

Set in 1943, the story of the passage between two eras, that of the beautiful and that of the useful. The story takes place in a town in southern Italy that is abandoned by all the inhabitants due to the bombings, except for the Valguarnera family, made up of two brothers and five single sisters.