A Street in Palermo
6.5
Shut inside their cars, two women face off in a silent duel that is fought out in the intimate violence of their stares. A wholly female duel punctuated by the refusal to drink, eat and sleep; more obstinate than the sun of Palermo and more stubborn than the ferocity of the men who surround them. For, as in every duel, it is a question of life or death... It’s a Sunday afternoon. The sirocco is blowing pitilessly in Palermo when Rosa and Clara lose their way in the streets of the city and end up in a sort of alley: Via Castellana Bandiera. At the same moment, another car driven by Samira, crammed with members of the Calafiore family, arrives from the opposite direction and enters the same street.
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Cast
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Emma Dante
Rosa
Also in
I Don't Know the Men of this City
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
Alba Rohrwacher
Clara
Known for
Perfect Strangers
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Cotta
Samira
Known for
The Man Without Gravity
Yara
Renato Malfatti
Saro Calafiore
Also in
Frontiera
Dario Casarolo
Nicolò
No other roles listed
Carmine Maringola
Filippo Mangiapane
Also in
Mercy
L'amore non perdona
Sandro Maria Campagna
Santo
Also in
Mercy
La trattativa
Emma Dante Director · Giorgio Vasta Screenplay Gherardo Gossi Cinematographer
First release August 29, 2013 · Produced in France, Italy, Switzerland · Production Offside, Wildside
Production
Vivo Film
Production
Offside
Production
Wildside
Production
Ventura Film
Production
Slot Machine
Production
France · Italy · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Via Castellana Bandiera
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 2013
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · September 19, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
July 2, 2014 · Theatrical
Slovakia
July 19, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 13, 2013 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
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