Released Date:
1991-05-31
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy, France, USA
Runtime:
118 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (2283 Reviews)
Director:
Giuseppe TornatoreGenres:
DramaMassimo De Rita
Tonino Guerra
Giuseppe Tornatore
Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat (responsible mainly for the writing of birth certificates), a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined. The film is a veritable travelogue across contemporary Italy, as Matteo journeys to Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan, and Turin to search for each of his children; he even spends one night on the streets among the homeless. Scuro returns to Sicily, visits his wife's grave, and reports with irony that "stanno tutti bene."
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