Sud Side Stori (2000)
In Roberta Torre's "true story of Romeo and Julet", Toni Giulietto is a vulnerable street singer and Little Tony-impersonator (who is himself an Italian Elvis-impersonator) who is constantly deceived and hoodwinked by almost everyone he knows. Romea is an attractive Nigerian immigrant who sells sex on the streets of Palermo to pay off her huge fee to the man who smuggled her in to the country. Various characters plot against each other and the plots, which draw in people from all the different social strata, spiral out of control as the tug-of-war between these different factions of Sicilian society is fought to the last.
Director: Roberta Torre
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Forstine Ehobor as Romea |
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Roberto Rondelli as Toni Giulietto |
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Mario Merola as Re Vulcano |
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Little Tony as King of Rock'n Roll |
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Eleonora Teriaca as Zia Eleonora |
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Rosa D'Alba as Zia Rosa |
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Giuseppa Vella as Zia Dora |
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Gloria Amaka Ejindu as Mercutia |
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Kemi Toyin as Baldassarra |
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Mimma De Rosalia as Giuseppona La Sbirra |
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Francesca Di Cesare as Fidanzata tradita |
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Dennis Curtis Bovell as Pasquale Napo |
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Benedetto Oliva as Uomo sull'apa |
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Mario Azzolini as Giornalista |
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Filippo Teriaca as Boss amministratore |
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Francesca Scalia as Maga Bianca |
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Odasani Aufua as Maga Nera |
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Paolo Avena as Sindaco Rock |
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Pippo Mezzapelle as Zu Pippo |
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Dennis Bovell as Pasquale Napo |
| Directing | Roberta Torre | Director |
| Production | Donatella Palermo | Producer |
| Sound | Dennis Bovell | Music |
| Sound | Roberto Rondelli | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandro Lai | Costume Design |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Author |
| Writing | Roberta Torre | Writer |
| Editing | Giogiò Franchini | Editor |
| Art | Roberta Torre | Set Designer |
| Art | Filippo Pecoraino | Set Designer |
| Sound | Gino De Crescenzo | Music |
| Camera | Daniele Ciprì | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Franco Maresco | Writer |
| Writing | Francesco Suriano | Writer |