Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.
Acting
Mastroianni's devastating final great performance.
Cinematography
Dreamlike train journeys across Italy's changing landscapes.
Direction
Tornatore balances fantasy and crushing reality masterfully.
Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
Marcello Mastroianni
Matteo Scuro
Valéria Cavalli
Tosca
Michèle Morgan
Femme dans le train
Marino Cenna
Canio
Domenico Gennaro
Le mari de Norma
Salvatore Cascio
Alvaro enfant
Roberto Nobile
Guglielmo
Jacques Perrin
Alvaro adulte
Antonella Attili
Angela, la défunte femme de Matteo
Leo Gullotta
L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
Nicola Di Pinto
Le portier de l'hôtel de Naples
Victor Cavallo
Le balayeur près de la Fontaine de Trevi
Cesare Barbetti
Le directeur des répétitions de Guglielmo
Christopher Thompson
L'ex-concubin de Tosca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tornatore made this between Cinema Paradiso and Malèna — it's his forgotten masterpiece.
Matteo's 'fine' children represent Italy's 1980s economic boom: successful on paper, spiritually hollow.
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