Sicilian Letters
Synopsis
Sicily, in the early 2000s. After a number of years in prison for Mafia offences, Catello, a seasoned politician, has lost everything. When the Italian Secret Services seek his help in capturing Matteo, the last major Cosa Nostra boss on the run, whom he has known all his life, Catello sees an opportunity to stage a comeback. A sly man of a hundred masks, a tireless illusionist who turns truth into falsehood and falsehood into truth, Catello begins an improbable and unique exchange of letters with the fugitive, exploiting his emotional emptiness. A risky game which, with one of the most wanted criminals in the world, is always going to involve a degree of risk... Loosely inspired by real events. The characters in this film, though, are the fruit of the authors' imagination. Reality is a point of departure, not a destination.
Credits
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Les Films du Losange
- Foreign production companies : Rai Cinema, Indigo Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films du Losange
- French distribution : Les Films du Losange
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriters : Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
- Director of Photography : Luca Bigazzi
- Music Composer : Colapesce
- Sound recordists : Stefano Campus, Mirko Perri, Giulio Previ
- Costume designer : Andrea Cavalletto
- Foreign producers : Paolo Del Brocco, Nicola Giuliano
- Co-producer : Alexis Dantec
- Production Designer : Gaspare de Pascali
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy (90.0%), France (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Italy, France)
- Production year : 2024
- French release :
- Runtime : 2 h 2 min
- Current status :
- Visa number : 160.985
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : 5.1
