mt-title

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

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

ITALIAN


FRENCH

DUTCH

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

emma-dante

Director

Emma Dante

marcella-colaianni

Cast

Marcella Colaianni

dario-casarolo

Cast

Dario Casarolo

carmine-maringola

Cast

Carmine Maringola

daniela-macaluso

Cast

Daniela Macaluso

giuseppe-tantillo

Cast

Giuseppe Tantillo

emma-dante

Cast

Emma Dante

alba-rohrwacher

Cast

Alba Rohrwacher

elisa-parrinello

Cast

Elisa Parrinello

giacomo-guernieri

Cast

Giacomo Guernieri

renato-malfatti

Cast

Renato Malfatti

sandro-maria-campagna

Cast

Sandro Maria Campagna

elena-cotta

Cast

Elena Cotta


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