Strangeness

Oct 27, 2022

1h 43m

★ 6.8

Overview

During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Genres

Comedy

History

Drama

Production Companies

BiBi Film

Indie Prod

Tramp

Medusa Film

RAI Cinema

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Cast

Luigi Pirandello

Toni Servillo

Onofrio "Nofrio" Principato

Salvatore Ficarra

Sebastiano "Bastiano" Vella

Valentino Picone

Santina

Giulia Andò

Mimmo Casà

Rosario Lisma

La balia

Donatella Finocchiaro

Maria Antonietta Portolano

Aurora Quattrocchi

La madre

Galatea Ranzi

Il padre

Fausto Russo Alesi

Il direttore di scena

Filippo Luna

Giordana Faggiano

Calogero Interrante

Tuccio Musumeci

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