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Thirteen-year-old Pasquale is the head of a small band of children who hunt birds in their spare time, and defend "their" territory from rival gangs. Like most of his fellow Lampedusans, Pasquale spends his evenings on Via Roma, the main street that he and his mates use as a racetrack for performing acrobatic stunts with their Vespas. Pasquale's one acknowledged boss is his father, Pietro, a generous but violent man who is both loved and feared. His mother, Grazia, is considered to be extravagant by the rest of her family. She refuses to be dominated, however that is not an advantage in Lampedusa where everyone always keeps an eye on what she's doing. Pasquale is ashamed of his mother being different from the other mothers, but defends and protects her from the growing pressure from her peers and her husband, as everyone wants to take her to a mental hospital in Milan, where they think she can get cured.

Production
Fandango [it]; Medusa Produzione [it]; Telepiù [it]; Les Films des Tournelles [fr]; Roissy Films [fr]; TPS Cinéma [fr]; Rouse Films [fr]; Eurimages [fr](support);

Cast Names
Flora Miotti; Maria Pucillo; Loredana Solina; Angela Veronica Tarento; Domenico Amato; Francesco Edoardo Anglieri; Andrea Barreca; Fernando Bartifeci; Giovan Battista Martello; Vincenzo Bellici; Vincenzo Cantalla; Aldo Chessari; Antonio Costa; Francesco Costanza; Vincenzo Davi; Roberto De Simone; Giacomo Galozzo; Antonio Laterzo; Nunzio Lucifora; Antonino Maggiore; Giovanni Mannino; Nicola Mannino; Domenico Martello; Guiseppe Palmisano; Angelo Pucillo; Fabio Pucillo; Pasquale Pucillo; Roberto Pucillo; Guiseppe Rupelli; Orlando Rupelli;

Box Office
USD 1,072,534

Release Date
2002-08-31 (Telluride Film Festival)
2002-11-08 (AFI Film Festival)
2003-03-30 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
2003-05-23 (limited)

Genres
Comedy; Drama;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for nudity and thematic elements.

Running Time
1 hr. 30 min. (Toronto International Film Festival)
1 hr. 30 min.
1 hr. 35 min.

Director
Emanuele Crialese

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