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W Wolinski

2024-03-16 · 93 min · Not rated

Comedy · Romance · Drama

After the Charlie Hebdo shooting events by the hand of jihadist terrorists David wants to bring on stage a play based on the late satyrical cartoonist George Wolinski's comicbook strips, but he struggles to finds cohoperation from institutional figures. He then agrees to direct in a small provincial town a stage play about an apulian folk dance, the Pizzica. Masterminding to disguise the original planned one, with its sexually explicit nature, into the accorded one he will gain the complicity of the curious cast hired on the spot. The start of the rehearsals will arouse excited consensus either censure which will lead to a growing boycott of the staging.

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Directors
Mauro Cappelloni
Production companies
Equinox Films Italia
Countries
Italy
Status
Released
Budget
USD 325

Top Cast

David RiondinoDavid RiondinoDavid
Dario VergassolaDario VergassolaDario
Vauro SenesiVauro SenesiMax
Georges WolinskiGeorges WolinskiSelf (archive footage)
Armando De RazzaArmando De RazzaGarritoni
Cinzia CarreaCinzia CarreaFanny Dujardin
Altea ChionnaAltea Chionna
Andrea Corallo
Maria Vittoria Casarotti Todeschini
Tommaso Lazotti

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