"A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener."
Gianni Buscarino
as Il figlio
Vittorio Vigneri
as L'arrotino
Angela Nugara
as La madre
Carmelo Maddio
as Il venditore di arance
Angela Durantini
as Moglie del venditore di arance
Simone Nucatola
as Poliziotto
Ignazio Trombello
Giovanni Interlandi
as Il Gran Lombardo
Giuseppe Bonta
as Il catanese
Mario Baschieri
as Il vecchino
Danièle Huillet
Director
Jean-Marie Straub
Screenplay
Editor
Dario Marconcini
Thanks
Irina Lubtchansky
Camera Operator
Piero Spila
Producer
Gabriella Taddeo
Dietmar Schings
Associate Producer
Elio Vittorini
Novel
Arnaud Maillet
Assistant Director
Jean-Pierre Duret
Sound
Enzo Porcelli
Co-Producer
Francesco Grillini
Jean-Charles Fitoussi
Olivier Cazzitti
Electrician
Jim Howell
Anna Barzacchini
Paolo Bernardini
Louis Hochet
Sound Mixer
Martine Marignac
Andreas Teuchert
Barbara Ulrich
Romano Guelfi
Jacques Ballay
Marion Befve
Marcello Landi
Salvatore Scollo
William Lubtchansky
Director of Photography