15 Oct 2007
Abbey of Thelema
Based on actual facts and events, explores the Thelemic Commune in Cefalu, Sicily from 1920-1923.
Strangeness
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.
Top Billed Cast
Toni Servillo Luigi Pirandello
Salvatore Ficarra Onofrio "Nofrio" Principato
Valentino Picone Sebastiano "Bastiano" Vella
Giulia Andò Santina
Rosario Lisma Mimmo Casà
Donatella Finocchiaro La balia
Aurora Quattrocchi Maria Antonietta Portolano
Galatea Ranzi La madre
Fausto Russo Alesi Il padre
Filippo Luna Il direttore di scena
Giordana Faggiano 
Tuccio Musumeci Calogero Interrante
Luigi Lo Cascio Il capocomico
Renato Carpentieri Giovanni Verga
Pietro Sparvoli Il Giovinetto
Angelo Del Romano
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