Shakespeare a Palermo (1997)

In the late 1990s, in a dilapidated theater in the heart of Palermo, Carlo Cecchi is working on a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the second play in his Shakespearean trilogy, translated by the poet Patrizia Cavalli. Director Francesca Comencini – who sees Cecchi as the last representative of an Italy not subservient to the media and Berlusconi’s power – decides to follow him and is allowed to film the show’s rehearsals, on the condition that she does it all on her own and with discretion.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Carlo Cecchi

Iaia Forte

Valerio Binasco

A

Arturo Cirillo

V

Vito Di Bella

V

Viola Graziosi

Andre Pushkin

Lorenza Indovina

Tommaso Ragno

R

Roberto De Francesco

S

Spiro Scimone

F

Francesco Sframeli

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