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Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (Italian: Belluscone - una storia siciliana) is a 2014 Italian docu-fiction film written and directed by Franco Maresco. It was screened in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival , [1] winning the Special Jury Prize.
Sep 4, 2014 · Belluscone. Una storia siciliana: Directed by Franco Maresco. With Ciccio Mira, Pino Maniaci, Salvatore De Castro, Vittorio Ricciardi. The director documents his failure to make a film connecting the Mafia in Sicily and Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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- 2014-09-04
Sep 9, 2014 · VENICE — Sicilian filmmaker and satirist Franco Maresco is both the director and one of the subjects of Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (Belluscone: Una Storia Italiana), an occasionally hilarious ...
Aug 15, 2015 · Franco Maresco’s lo-fi mockumentary Belluscone: A Sicilian Story is one of the most curious films on this year’s Festival circuit, idiosyncratic in both its premise and execution. Pitched as an investigation into what happened to Maresco the director, who had gone to Sicily and disappeared after investigating the longstanding rumours of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi alleged Mafia links, the film splits its focus into a number of targets.
Belluscone. A Sicilian Story Language Italian Producers Rean Mazzone, Anna Vinci Production Companies Ila Palma, Dream Film Sales Ila Palma Screenplay Franco Maresco, Claudia Uzzo Cinematography Luca Bigazzi, Tommaso Lusena, Irma Vecchio Editor Franco Maresco Production Design Cesare Inzerillo, Nicola Sferruzza Sound Design Giancarlo Rutigliano
Sep 4, 2014 · This film tells the story of three defeats: Berlusconi’s political and human defeat in his “twilight”, the one of Ciccio Mirra, Berlusconi’s unconditional supporter, deeply rooted in an ancient culture that dies hard, and the director’s artistic defeat in an Italy that recognised itself in this “Berlusconian culture” for a long time, and probably still does.
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Sep 4, 2014 · BELLUSCONE, UNA STORIA SICILIANA. by Franco Maresco. synopsis. The film critic Tatti Sanguineti arrives in Palermo to find out what has happened to Franco Maresco’s unfinished movie: Belluscone. Una storia siciliana. A film that was supposed to tell the story of the unique relationship between Berlusconi and Sicily through the misadventures ...
