Placido Rizzotto (2000)
As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home, he becomes increasingly aware that the Mafia has taken hold of his village, witnessing angry and frustrated as gangsters control local politics and take whatever they want from the people. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by the Mafia.
Director: Pasquale Scimeca
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Marcello Mazzarella as Placido Rizzotto |
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Vincenzo Albanese as Luciano Liggio |
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Carmelo Di Mazzarelli as Carmelo Rizzotto |
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Gioia Spaziani as Lia |
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Franco Catalano as Giovanni Pasqua |
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Biagio Barone as Pasquale Criscione |
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Arturo Todaro as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa |
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David Coco as Pio La Torre |
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Antonello Collesano as Tom |
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Matteo Barbera as Bino |
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Caterina Di Francesca as Madre di Placido |
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Liliana Abbene as Madre di Lia |
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Giuseppe Gennusa as Saro |
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Mario Rivera as Pastore |
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Salvatore Gioncardi as Michele Navarra |
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Tonino Russo as Peppino Palermo |
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Giuseppe Fiasconaro as Siragusa |
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Domenico Paternostro as Antonio Rizzotto |
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Antonio Emanuele as Placido bambino |
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Melino Imparato as Benigno |
| Directing | Pasquale Scimeca | Director |
| Sound | Marco Grillo | Sound |
| Art | Luisa Taravella | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia Colombini | Costume Design |
| Camera | Pasquale Mari | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Babak Karimi | Editor |
| Writing | Pasquale Scimeca | Writer |
