Kryptonite!

Nov 4, 2011

1h 38m

★ 6.4

Every family has its own secrets, but some are funnier than the others.

Overview

Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has taken to her bed with depression. Super-mod brother and sister Titina and Salvatore take the boy under their wings, introducing him to demonstrations and love-ins, whilst caped superhero Gennaro visits Peppino even after being knocked down and killed by the number 12 bus. It is the imaginary appearances of this older superman cousin that help the nine-year-old navigate the complicated adult world.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Indigo Film

MiC

RAI Cinema

Kryptonite! Trailers

Cast

Rosaria

Valeria Golino

Titina

Cristiana Capotondi

Antonio

Luca Zingaretti

Salvatore

Libero De Rienzo

Peppino

Luigi Catani

Carmela

Lucia Ragni

Gennaro

Vincenzo Nemolato

Arturo

Massimiliano Gallo

Assunta

Monica Nappo

Maestra Lina

Rosaria De Cicco

Valeria

Antonia Truppo

Spanish aunt

Nunzia Schiano

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