Movie: It Was the Son

Top 10 Billed Cast

Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo

Nicola Ciraulo

Giselda Volodi
Giselda Volodi

Loredana Ciraulo

Alfredo Castro
Alfredo Castro

Busu

Fabrizio Falco
Fabrizio Falco

Tancredi Ciraulo

Aurora Quattrocchi
Aurora Quattrocchi

Nonna Rosa

Benedetto Raneli
Benedetto Raneli

Nonno Fonzio

Giacomo Civiletti
Giacomo Civiletti

Un amico di Nicola

Gino Carista
Gino Carista

Il prete

Mauro Spitaleri
Mauro Spitaleri

Avvocato Modica

Piero Misuraca
Piero Misuraca

Masino

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    The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.

  • Release Date

    2012-09-01

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Italiano
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