A tailor sews a killer jacket while plotting killer revenge. Sicilian sun, blood, and bespoke vengeance.
Bloody revenge of a young tailor during the peasant revolt of Bronte, Sicily. Salvo, the land keeper, is at the vanguard of the revolt who wants to possess everything of the former baron, even something he can not have: his elegance, his style. Salvo decides not to kill Tailor in return for a beautiful tailor made cut to fit jacket. During Tailor's sewing work some tragic memories come to surface, memories of a man tortured by unknowns. That is when Tailor finally react and challenge the unrestrained anger of the campier. In an amazing duel between the two, in the bloody and wild sun of Sicily, the Tailor pieces together the most tragic events of his life, starting up his old vengeance plan.
Cinematography
Sicilian light so brutal you can taste the dust and blood.
Costume
The jacket IS the character — every stitch tells a war story.
Direction
La Pàrola transforms a sewing scene into psychological warfare.
Director
Giovanni La Pàrola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Bronte revolt of 1860 saw peasants massacre the local aristocracy after Garibaldi's arrival — this film weaponizes that history through needles instead of guns.
Pucillo learned basic tailoring for the role; the close-ups of his hands are actually his, making the performance's physical restraint even more suffocating.
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