Bravo Bene! (2025)
Filming on Franco Maresco's film about Carmelo Bene is abruptly halted after yet another on-set accident. Producer Andrea Occhipinti pulls the plug, exasperated by the endless takes and repeated delays. Angered, the director simply disappears. Maresco's friend, Umberto Cantone, attempts to mend the rift by calling witnesses from all those involved in the project, in an investigation that offers an opportunity to retrace the personality and ideas of the most corrosive and apocalyptic auteur in Italian cinema.
Director:
Franco Maresco
Writers:
Franco Maresco, Claudia Uzzo, Francesco Guttuso, Umberto Cantone.
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Umberto Cantone as Self |
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Franco Maresco as Self |
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Francesco Conticelli as Self |
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Marco Alessi as Self |
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Bernardo Greco as Self |
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Francesco Puma as Self |
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Saverio D'Amico as Self |
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Toti Mancuso as Self |
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Giuseppe Lo Piccolo as Self |
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Riccardo Eggshell as Self |
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Ernesto Tomasini as Self |
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Aurora Falcone as Self |
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Matteo Capogna as Self |
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Antonino Lo Gelfo as Self |
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Antonino Lo Verso as Self |
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Luisa Viglietti as Self |
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Lorenzo Caracausi as Self |
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Eliseo Verso as Self |
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Ciccio Mira as Self |
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Gino Carista as Self |
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Melino Imparato as Self |
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Antonio Rezza as Self |
| Directing | Franco Maresco | Director |
| Production | Andrea Occhipinti | Producer |
| Production | Marco Alessi | Producer |
| Writing | Franco Maresco | Screenplay |
| Writing | Claudia Uzzo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Guttuso | Screenplay |
| Writing | Umberto Cantone | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alessandro Abate | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Paola Freddi | Editor |
| Editing | Francesco Guttuso | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luisa Viglietti | Costume Design |
| Sound | Salvatore Bonafede | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Claudia Uzzo | Story |
| Writing | Franco Maresco | Story |
| Art | Cesare Inzerillo | Production Design |
| Art | Nicola Sferruzza | Production Design |
| Sound | Luca Bertolin | Sound |
| Sound | Riccardo Spagnol | Sound |
| Sound | Carlo Purpura | Sound |