TRIBUTES AND RETROSPECTIVES
Sicilia! |
Salvatore Giuliano
Francesco Rosi
1962 - Italy - 2h03
1950. Salvatore Giuliano is found dead... 1945. Giuliano is twenty years old and after killing a carabiniere, he goes underground, becomes a popular hero and carries the banner of the poor, before descending into banditry...
Francesco Rosi, who worked with Luchino Visconti on the filming of La terra trema (The Earth Trembles), created “cine-investigation” with Salvatore Giuliano, which would later enjoy significant development in Italy. Rosi defines his film as follows: “A speech over the body of Julius Caesar” In other words, the bandit Giuliano, as such, is less important to him than a portrait of Sicily. By adopting such an approach, Rosi goes into “a vast operation to demystify the bandit of honour, he encircles its radical inauthenticity (...).” (Freddy Buache; Italian Cinema 1945-1990)
CAST AND CREW
Cast : Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi
Screenplay : Francesco Rosi, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Enzo Provenzale
Cinematography : Gianni Di Venanzo
Sound : Claudio Maielli
Editing : Mario Serandrei
Music : Piero Piccioni
Production : Galatea Film, Lux Film, Vides Cinematografica
French distributor : Intramovies