The Ark of Disperata (2017)
At Disperata, a small town in Southern Italy, the melancholy mayor Filippo Pisanelli feels terribly unfit for his role. Only a love of poetry and his passion for the literature lessons he gives to prison inmates admit a chink of light into his general state of depression. In jail he meets Pati, a small-time criminal from his own town. Pati and his brother Angiolino were dreaming of becoming the mafia bosses of Capo di Leuca, but the encounter with art changes everything and an unusual friendship between the three men will lead them to make courageous choices.
- Released
- 2017-09-02
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Edoardo Winspeare, Alessandro Valenti, Edoardo Winspeare
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 17 votes
Cast
- Antonio Carluccio as Angiolino 'Rrunza'
- Gustavo Caputo as Sindaco Filippo Pisanelli
- Celeste Casciaro as Eufemia Protopapa
- Davide Riso as Biagetto
- Claudio Giangreco as Pati 'Rrunza'
- Alessandra De Luca as Valentina
- Francesco Ferrante as Sabino
- Antonio Pennarella as Ciro a' Bestia
- Tommasina Cacciatore as Franca
- Marco Antonio Romano as Consigliere Cazzato
- Salvatore della Villa as Consigliere Ricchiuto
- Ippolito Chiariello as Consigliere Zocco
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