Franco Maresco Trailers
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Most Popular Franco Maresco Trailers
Total trailers found: 91
Ai Rotoli Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
A visit to the Rotoli cemetery in Palermo, while film director Carmelo Bene reads a fragment of Antonio Pizzuto's book "Signorina Rosina".
Mafia Is Not What It Used to Be Trailer (2019)
12 September 2019
Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on July 19, 1992; and on the occasion of the tributes held in memory of both heroes, skeptical photographer Letizia Battaglia, chronicler of their titanic combat, criticizes the opportunism of shady characters who, like businessman Ciccio Mira, profit from the commemoration of both tragedies.
The Return of Cagliostro Trailer (2003)
05 September 2003
In the Sicily of the late 1940s, two brother sculptors, tired of selling madonnas to the local churches, finally realize their dream, and set up a Sicilian production company, thanks to the help of a local bishop.
A Silvio Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
A grotesque tribute to Silvio Berlusconi following his 1994 entry into Italian politics.
Vittorio De Seta: Lo sguardo in ascolto Trailer (1995)
31 December 1995
Interview by Ciprì and Maresco with Vittorio De Seta and Fofi.
Venice 70: Future Reloaded Trailer (2013)
28 August 2013
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
Steve e il Duca Trailer (2024)
27 April 2024
In 1999, on the occasion of the centenary of Ellington's birth, Franco Maresco commissioned Steve Lacy to perform ten songs by the Duke, which were recorded and filmed in Palermo.
La mia Battaglia - Franco Maresco incontra Letizia Battaglia Trailer (2016)
01 July 2016
A short homage and portrait that Franco Maresco dedicates to his friend Letizia Battaglia, a world-famous photographer and symbol of the committed, indignant and anti-Mafia side of Palermo.
Necro not(to b)e Trailer (2003)
15 August 2003
A montage dedicated to friends, actors and companions who have passed away over the years: from Francesco Tirone to Paviglianiti, two leading figures in the famous Cinico TV series, from Tommaso Lauria to Carmelo Bene.
I Don't Know the Men of this City Trailer (2015)
04 September 2015
Franco scaldati - died in 2013 - was one of the most important autors of italian theatre plays, Maresco describes his role in the cultural and social field.
Sud Side Stori Trailer (2000)
21 September 2000
In Roberta Torre's "true story of Romeo and Julet", Toni Giulietto is a vulnerable street singer and Little Tony-impersonator (who is himself an Italian Elvis-impersonator) who is constantly deceived and hoodwinked by almost everyone he knows.
Io e... Franco Trailer (2013)
01 January 2013
A heartfelt tribute, ten years after his death, to Franco Scaldati, a project curated by director Franco Maresco, thanks to the collaboration with the Lumpen Association of Palermo.
Maresco / Pasolini Trailer (2021)
05 May 2021
Franco Maresco celebrates the heritage of Pier Paolo Pasolini on the 99th anniversary of his birth through a series of exchanges with renowned intellectuals which were involved or influenced by his works and ideas.
A memoria Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
The Italian duo Ciprì & Maresco, known to be cynical deconstructionists, weave a fascinating film around memories of a decadent Sicily.
L'abbuffata di Paviglianiti Trailer (1991)
07 March 1991
binge eating, burping, vomiting and farting
Enzo, domani a Palermo! Trailer (1999)
01 September 1999
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).
Détour De Seta Trailer (2005)
02 February 2005
By tracing the places of Vittorio De Seta films and looking for people who had contact with him, as the Cozzo Disi sulfur miners, Ganzirri swordfish fishermens and shepherds who attended in drama Banditi a Orgosolo, the documentary focuses on great change started in local cultures of the Southern Italy from 1945.
Belluscone: A Sicilian Story Trailer (2014)
04 September 2014
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.
Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz Trailer (2010)
13 August 2010
Cinico in TV Trailer (2011)
01 March 2011
Several figures associated with Cinico TV talk about its inception, its rise, and the context in which it took place.
The Uncle from Brooklyn Trailer (1995)
13 October 1995
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.
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio Trailer (2004)
24 September 2004
Arruso Trailer (2000)
13 November 2000
In relation to some of Pasolini's visits to Palermo for this last film, in 2000 Ciprì and Maresco shot Arruso, which begins with a phrase by Pasolini ("I banished the word hope from my vocabulary") and consists of imaginary interviews with some local characters who are presumed to have had homosexual relationships with the director.
Samuel Fuller Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
An avant-garde short filmed in striking black and white, with legendary US director Samuel Fuller playing himself in a surreal setting.
Toto Who Lived Twice Trailer (1998)
20 March 1998
The film has three stories. First is about local village idiot Paletta, who can not afford the services of a whore and so steals a locket from a holy shrine belonging to local mafia don.
Cinico tv Trailer (1992)
05 April 1992
“Being born in Palermo is a kind of punishment, but I’ve never left because it would feel like betrayal.
Grazie Lia Trailer (1996)
16 April 1996
Ciprì and Maresco are fierce critics of post-modern society. They bear witness to the colonization of the imagination attributable in part to the omnipresence of mass communications and the globalization of neo-capitalist values.
Bravo Bene! Trailer (2025)
05 September 2025
Filming on Franco Maresco's film about Carmelo Bene is abruptly halted after yet another on-set accident.
Lontane Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
An evocation of work and the frantic activity of factories through the contrast provide by images of desolation, ruin, and abandonment.
Goffredo felicissimo? Trailer (2025)
01 September 2025
Twenty minutes of excerpts from the film, still in progress, that Franco Maresco dedicates to his dearest mentor, Goffredo Fofi, who passed away last July.
Saggio sull'intelligenza umana Trailer (2007)
05 October 2007
A Sicilian boy tries to expose the meaning of some proverbs that risk being forgotten.
I Migliori Nani della Nostra Vita - Puntata zero Trailer (2016)
01 December 2016
Short introductory clip to the series taken from the unreleased pilot. Contained in the box set “Cinico TV - Volume Three 1998-2007.
Lovano Supreme Trailer (2023)
08 August 2023
Maresco returns to speak not only about Jazz, but about the double thread that connects jazz with Italy, or more precisely, with Sicily.
