A thoroughly entertaining documentary about the beloved Sicilian comic duo Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, who starred together in over 100 films. Franco and Ciccio were once street artists in Palermo, but became increasingly popular, first in theatre on television, and later film. Between 1964 and 1968, they played the lead roles in no less than 38 films, including War, Italian style with an aged Buster Keaton. Later they worked with artistic directors such as Fellini and Pasolini, but didn’t shun more risky excursions, as can be seen by Franco’s role in an hilarious parody of Last Tango in Paris. —Thecia

Director

Franco Maresco

Franco Maresco (Palermo, 1958) is an italian director, cinematographer and screenwriter, and was part of the duo Ciprì and Maresco. Along with is collegue Daniele Ciprì, he created and directed the cult TV series “Cinico TV”, aired on RAI3, as well as other programs like “I Migliori Nani della Nostra Vita” and “Ai Confini della Pietà”. They’ve also directed three full lenght movies, which soon reached a cult status due to their iconoclastic nature: their second movie, “Totò che visse due volte” has been accused of blasphemy and it’s banned from italian television. Recently the duo split up, and both of the directors work with their own projects.

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Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio

Italy

2004

DIR Daniele Cipri', Franco Maresco

PROD Giuseppe Bisso, Andrea Occhipinti

SCR Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco, Claudia Uzzo, Tatti Sanguineti

DP Daniele Cipri'

CAST Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Lando Buzzanca, Pino Caruso

ED Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco, Claudia Uzzo

PROD DES Cesare Inzerillo, Nicola Sferruzza

MUSIC Salvatore Bonafede