The Sweet and the Bitter

Sep 4, 2007

1h 38m

★ 5.7

Overview

Saro, a young Sicilian thug, that from jobs assigned by his godfather, won the favor of leaders of Cosa Nostra, becoming a "man of honor".

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Indigo Film

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Cast

Saro Scordia

Luigi Lo Cascio

Ada

Donatella Finocchiaro

Mimmo

Gaetano Bruno

Vicari

Renato Carpentieri

Gaetano

Toni Gambino

Stefano

Fabrizio Gifuni

Antonia

Ornella Giusto

Cosimo

Pier Luigi Misasi

Saro at 14

Gioacchino Cappelli

Vito Scordia, Saro's father

Vincenzo Amato

Lady in a wig

Emanuela Muni

Proprietario chiosco

Pietro Arciadiacono

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