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Ciprì and Maresco's delicious documentary portrays Sicilian super-agent Enzo Castagna, a man with some 20,000 extras on his books, who has worked with the likes of Loren, Pasolini, Rosi, Coppola and Cimino (indeed, virtually anyone who's ever chosen to film in Palermo). It's typically weird, witty and wonderful, partly due to its subject, a self-styled 'little big man' who consents to be described as 'almighty' and 'the greatest contributor to Italian cinema in the last 35 years'. The local favourite has also done time for bribery, but refuses to comment on Cosa Nostra. The film is as astonishing as its subject. Shot in luscious b/w, it's driven forward by an offscreen interrogator who alternates between ludicrously hyperbolic flattery and forthright questions about corruption and crime. It also serves as a study of the way ethics get abandoned in the unending pursuit of fame, wealth and self-esteem.
Casts
Enzo Castagna
Self

Salvatore Cascio
Self (archive footage) (as Totò Cascio)
Saverio D'Amico
Self

Tony Sperandeo
Self

Salvatore Termini
Self

Franco Maresco
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Crews

Daniele Ciprì
Director of Photography

Franco Maresco
Director

Daniele Ciprì
Writer

Franco Maresco
Writer

Daniele Ciprì
Director
Pippo Bisso
Producer

Daniele Ciprì
Producer

Franco Maresco
Producer
Rean Mazzone
Producer

Daniele Ciprì
Editor

Franco Maresco
Editor
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