2010 film by Franco Maresco

1999 film by Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco

This film tells the story of three defeats: Berlusconi’s political and human defeat in his “twilight”, the one of Ciccio Mirra, Berlusconi’s unconditional supporter, deeply rooted in an ancient culture that dies hard, and the director’s artistic defeat in an Italy that recognised itself in this “Berlusconian culture” for a long time, and probably still does.

导演相信移民会是新世纪的重大主题，所以在本片中，莎士比亚的罗密欧变成了一个西西里少年，而他的心上人则是一名尼日利亚少女。此类电影可以记录和表达移民人口的迁徙感。当每一个人似乎都生活在一个新的地点，去别处旅行，形成耶尔所谓的“全球灵魂”时，流散电影就成为民族和区域文化取得广泛共鸣的另一种方式。

Set in apocalyptic Palermo peopled by ignorant, inbred, flatulent gluttons and deformed Mafiosi, a dark comedy which centers on a poor family of three-middle aged brothers who are coerced, by local Mafia honchos, into hiding a mysterious old man known as the Uncle from Brooklyn in their home.