The Ark of Disperata

Overview

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.

Directed by Edoardo Winspeare

Top cast

A

Antonio Carluccio

Angiolino 'Rrunza'

G

Gustavo Caputo

Sindaco Filippo Pisanelli

C

Celeste Casciaro

Eufemia Protopapa

D

Davide Riso

Biagetto

C

Claudio Giangreco

Pati 'Rrunza'

A

Alessandra De Luca

Valentina

F

Francesco Ferrante

Sabino

Antonio Pennarella

Ciro a' Bestia

T

Tommasina Cacciatore

Franca

M

Marco Antonio Romano

Consigliere Cazzato

S

Salvatore della Villa

Consigliere Ricchiuto

I

Ippolito Chiariello

Consigliere Zocco

F

Fabrizio Saccomanno

Nullafacente I

F

Fabrizio Pugliese

Nullafacente II

D

Domenico Mazzotta

Nullafacente III

G

Giorgio Casciaro

Lillino

S

Salvatore Corigliano

Fonico

G

Gianni De Blasi

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