The Uncle from Brooklyn

Overview

The best italian film of the 90's, the most extreme and radical work since SALO', a ruthless representation, in a surreal-metaphorical key, of a civilization condemned to worshipping its own blindness. The two sicilian directors use a language free from compromise and from the traditional storyline rules: the movie is photographed in a sharp and very contrasting black & white, with no beautiful pimp music, and lacks a logical story. There are no women (the ones we see are actually men), and the language is strict sicilian dialect. The directing style is characterized by long fixed shots on a post-atomic world, which is really present-day Palermo, inhabited by fat people in socks and underwear who burp and fart while roaming around smelly alleyways and waste dumps.

Cast

S

Salvatore Gattuso

Zio di Brooklyn

Pippo Agusta

Don Masino

S

Salvatore Schiera

Gaetano Gemelli

G

Gaspare Marchione

Totò Gemelli

N

Natale Lauria

Iachino Gemelli

R

Rosario Carollo

Ciccio Gemelli

P

Pietro Rizzo

Sarino

F

Francesco Arnao

San Polifemo

A

Antonino Bruno

Il Mago Zoras

L

Luigi Cinà

Paliddu

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