"A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener."
Gianni Buscarino
as Il figlio
Vittorio Vigneri
as L'arrotino
Angela Nugara
as La madre
Carmelo Maddio
as Il venditore di arance
Angela Durantini
as Moglie del venditore di arance
Simone Nucatola
as Poliziotto
Ignazio Trombello
Giovanni Interlandi
as Il Gran Lombardo
Giuseppe Bonta
as Il catanese
Mario Baschieri
as Il vecchino
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Danièle Huillet
Screenplay
Producer
Dario Marconcini
Thanks
Gabriella Taddeo
Martine Marignac
Co-Producer
Editor
Francesco Grillini
Piero Spila
Jean-Charles Fitoussi
Assistant Director
Enzo Porcelli
Salvatore Scollo
Romano Guelfi
Jacques Ballay
Sound
Barbara Ulrich
Jean-Pierre Duret
Olivier Cazzitti
Electrician
Jim Howell
Irina Lubtchansky
Camera Operator
Paolo Bernardini
Dietmar Schings
Associate Producer
Anna Barzacchini
Elio Vittorini
Novel
Arnaud Maillet
Marion Befve
Andreas Teuchert
Louis Hochet
Sound Mixer
Marcello Landi
William Lubtchansky
Director of Photography