A film by Giuseppe Tornatore (1990). With Marcello Mastroianni, Salvatore Cascio, Leo Gullotta,...
Matteo Scuro, a retired civil servant, lives in a small Sicilian town. A widower with a passion for classical music, he has named each of his five children after an opera hero: Norma, Tosca, Alvaro, Guglielmo and Canio. Having left for the continent long ago, the children never find the time to visit their father, who has been alone since the death of his wife. Saddened to hear so little from them, Matteo decides to take the train and pay them a visit. From his small Sicilian village to Rome, via Padua, Milan and Turin, Matteo discovers Italy and its children, whom he knows so little about...
A film presented by Primissimo Piano, the Italian film club of the Dante Alighieri Association.
Matteo Scuro, a retired civil servant, lives in a small Sicilian town. A widower with a passion for classical music, he has named each of his five children after an opera hero: Norma, Tosca, Alvaro, Guglielmo and Canio. Having left for the continent long ago, the children never find the time to visit their father, who has been alone since the death of his wife. Saddened to hear so little from them, Matteo decides to take the train and pay them a visit. From his small Sicilian village to Rome, via Padua, Milan and Turin, Matteo discovers Italy and its children, whom he knows so little about...
A film presented by Primissimo Piano, the Italian film club of the Dante Alighieri Association.
