Cinico tv

1992 1h 24m IT

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 4

Synopsis

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“Being born in Palermo is a kind of punishment, but I’ve never left because it would feel like betrayal. Moreover, I can’t imagine Cinico Tv in any other place in the world.” To Franco Maresco, a brilliant, solitary director from Palermo, his city was the stage of a surreal comedy of rampant decay just as the Mafia was renegotiating the division of power and influence in the emerging Second Republic. Ruins, trash, scraps, underwear, flatulence and burping raided the TV screen at dinnertime in Italian homes in the spring of 1992, sparking hostile cultural debates about the limits of trash and the aesthetics of ugliness, the sense of post-history and post-humanity

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Francesco Tirone
Giuseppe Paviglianiti
Giovanni Lo Giudice
Carlo Giordano
Pietro Giordano
Giuseppe Filangeri
Natale Lauria
Gaetano Lo Nano

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniele Ciprì
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Francesco Tirone and Giuseppe Paviglianiti and Giovanni Lo Giudice carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1710571 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Daniele Ciprì directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Francesco Tirone and Giuseppe Paviglianiti and Giovanni Lo Giudice carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1710571 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.