Italy - French Premiere

Enzo, domani a Palermo !

The "exciting and unbelievable" story of Enzo Castagna's life, the "greatest film organizer in the world!" For 40 years, Enzo worked with some of the world’s most important directors-Pier Paolo Pasolini, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Cimino, Vittorio De Sica, Gianni Amelio, Luchino Visconti and others-and he was the one who "discovered" Totò Cascio, the boy in Giuseppe Tornatore’s Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and the young players in Gianni Amelio’s Il ladro di bambini. A specialist in finding extras and production crews for Sicilian shoots, Castagna was accused of robbery five years ago and sentenced to seven years in jail. In this almost fake "documentary,” irreverent directors Cipri and Maresco draw an ironic portrait of the little big man of Sicilian cinema, and interview him (sometimes obsessively!) about his career and his relationship with the movies, without forgetting his recent "troubles" with Italian justice.

Director Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco (Italie)
Original Version Italian
Subtitles English
Photography Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Sound Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Editing Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Co-production

Il Genio, Tea Nova

Production Cinico Cinema
Distribution Tea Nova
1999, black and white, vidéo, 66'