It Was the Son

Sep 1, 2012

1h 30m

★ 6.9

Overview

The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Fandango

RAI Cinema

Palomar

Babe Film

FaroFilm

Aleteia Communication

MiC

Apulia Film Commission

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Cast

Nicola Ciraulo

Toni Servillo

Loredana Ciraulo

Giselda Volodi

Busu

Alfredo Castro

Tancredi Ciraulo

Fabrizio Falco

Nonna Rosa

Aurora Quattrocchi

Nonno Fonzio

Benedetto Raneli

Un amico di Nicola

Giacomo Civiletti

Il prete

Gino Carista

Avvocato Modica

Mauro Spitaleri

Masino

Piero Misuraca

Serenella

Alessia Zammitti

Amico di Nicola

Giuseppe Vitale

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