Il consiglio d'Egitto (2002)
Original title: il consiglio d'egitto
138 min
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in the palermo of 1782 the humble and clever abbot vella gives to intend to know the arabic, becoming so the companion of the moroccan diplomat abdallah ben olman, blocked in italy from the bad weather. the initial objective of the church man is to make a bit of a good life attending the city's aristocracy, but he soon realizes that his little lie, put to good use, could give him immense power. he decides to pass a harmless book on muhammad for a forgotten arabic text (the non-existent 'council of egypt') which, according to his translation, can call into question, if not cancel, all the privileges of the palermo aristocracy , acquired after the expulsion of the arabs. the lie transforms vella into a very feared man: a word of his can in fact revolutionize life, fortune, and the comforts of the rich powerful citizens. to help him will also be the young lawyer diblasi who, influenced by the enlightenment ideas coming from france, is organizing a conspiracy against power.
Festivals and awards
Direction
Emidio Greco: regista
Production and Screenplay
Emidio Greco: sceneggiatore
André Farwagi: produttore
Amedeo Letizia: produttore
Mariella Lisacchi: produttore
Lorenzo Greco: sceneggiatore
Romolo Biondi: produttore
Interpreters and Characters
avvocato francesco paolo di blasi
contessa di regalpetra
don saverio zarbo
duca di caccamo
giuseppe vella
monsignor ayroldi
narrator
padre salvatore
barone fisichella
Antonio Catania(età:49)
Leopoldo Trieste(età:85)
Renato Carpentieri(età:59)
Silvio Orlando(età:45)
Guido Cerniglia(età:63)
Enzo Vetrano(età:54)
Yann Collette(età:46)
Aurora Quattrocchi(età:59)
Tommaso Ragno(età:35)
Marine Delterme(età:32)
Gilberto Idonea(età:56)
Manfredi Aliquò(età:44)
Ubaldo Lo presti(età:48)
Renato De carmine(età:79)
Claudio De davide(età:60)
Franco Vella(età:41)
Ilona Kassai(età:74)
Sergio Ruffino(età:22)
Technical staff
Rita Forzano: casting
Andrea Crisanti: scenografo
Marco Sperduti: direttore della fotografia
Bruno Sarandrea: montatore
Franco Giannini: truccatore
Ivo Crnoyevic: costumista
Luis Bacalov: musiche
Laura Casalini: arredatore
Erzsébet Forgács: truccatore
Agnes Gyarmathy: costumista