A Street in Palermo

Two cars come face to face in a narrow street. When neither one of the drivers wants to back down to let the other pass, all the village is involved. Shut inside their cars, two women face off in a silent duel that is fought out in the intimate violence of their stares. A wholly female duel punctuated by the refusal to drink, eat and sleep; more obstinate than the sun of Palermo and more stubborn than the ferocity of the men who surround them. For, as in every duel, it is a question of life or death... It’s a Sunday afternoon. The sirocco is blowing pitilessly in Palermo when Rosa and Clara lose their way in the streets of the city and end up in a sort of alley: Via Castellana Bandiera. At the same moment, another car driven by Samira, crammed with members of the Calafiore family, arrives from the opposite direction and enters the same street.

Keywords

  • Awarded comedies
  • Female Filmmakers
  • Italian Cinema
  • Just released
  • debut

Actors

  • Marcella Colaianni
  • Dario Casarolo
  • Carmine Maringola
  • Daniela Macaluso
  • Giuseppe Tantillo
  • Emma Dante
  • Alba Rohrwacher
  • Elisa Parrinello
  • Giacomo Guernieri
  • Renato Malfatti
  • Sandro Maria Campagna
  • Elena Cotta

Director

  • Emma Dante

Drama, Comedy


1h 32min


-12

IT


FR

NL

Italy
2013
Two cars come face to face in a narrow street. When neither one of the drivers wants to back down to let the other pass, all the village is involved.

Two cars come face to face in a narrow street. When neither one of the drivers wants to back down to let the other pass, all the village is involved.


Two cars come face to face in a narrow street. When neither one of the drivers wants to back down to let the other pass, all the village is involved.


Shut inside their cars, two women face off in a silent duel that is fought out in the intimate violence of their stares. A wholly female duel punctuated by the refusal to drink, eat and sleep; more obstinate than the sun of Palermo and more stubborn than the ferocity of the men who surround them. For, as in every duel, it is a question of life or death... It’s a Sunday afternoon. The sirocco is blowing pitilessly in Palermo when Rosa and Clara lose their way in the streets of the city and end up in a sort of alley: Via Castellana Bandiera. At the same moment, another car driven by Samira, crammed with members of the Calafiore family, arrives from the opposite direction and enters the same street.

Cast & Crew