original title:
Il sorriso di San Giovanni
directed by:
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:
editing:
set design:
music:
production:
country:
Italy
year:
2022
film run:
90'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (01/11/2022)
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.