Strangeness

Strangeness

2022•1h 43m•6.8/10

ComedyHistoryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(355)

During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.

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Production

BiBi Film, Indie Prod, Tramp, Medusa Film, RAI Cinema

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Toni Servillo

Toni Servillo

Luigi Pirandello

Salvatore Ficarra

Salvatore Ficarra

Onofrio "Nofrio" Principato

Valentino Picone

Valentino Picone

Sebastiano "Bastiano" Vella

Giulia Andò

Giulia Andò

Santina

Rosario Lisma

Rosario Lisma

Mimmo Casà

Donatella Finocchiaro

Donatella Finocchiaro

La balia

Aurora Quattrocchi

Aurora Quattrocchi

Maria Antonietta Portolano

Galatea Ranzi

Galatea Ranzi

La madre

Fausto Russo Alesi

Fausto Russo Alesi

Il padre

Filippo Luna

Filippo Luna

Il direttore di scena

Giordana Faggiano

Giordana Faggiano

Tuccio Musumeci

Tuccio Musumeci

Calogero Interrante

Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio

Il capocomico

Renato Carpentieri

Renato Carpentieri

Giovanni Verga

Pietro Sparvoli

Pietro Sparvoli

Il Giovinetto

Angelo Del Romano

Angelo Del Romano

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