Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.
Cinematography
Sicilian landscapes shot like living paintings.
Writing
Pirandello's stories adapted with folkloric reverence.
Score
Nicola Piovani's music weeps and soars.
Director
Paolo Taviani
Franco Franchi
Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
Ciccio Ingrassia
Don Lollò (segment "La giara")
Omero Antonutti
Luigi Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Claudio Bigagli
Batà (segment "Mal di luna")
Massimo Bonetti
Saro (segments "Mal di luna" and "Colloquio con la madre")
Margarita Lozano
Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio")
Carlo Cartier
The Young Doctor (segment "L'altro figlio")
Biagio Barone
Salvatore (segment "Requiem")
Giovanni Marsala
Jeli (segment "La giara")
Enrica Maria Modugno
Sidora (segment "Mal di luna")
Regina Bianchi
Mother of Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")
Tony Sperandeo
Domenico Gennaro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Taviani brothers filmed in real Sicilian villages, casting locals alongside professionals for authenticity.
Omero Antonutti plays Pirandello himself in the framing device, delivering the author's actual letters to his mother.
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