Sud (1993 Film)
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''Sud'', also known as ''South'', is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by
Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
. The movie won the Best Score award and was nominated for Best Original Story at the 1994
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ceremony. It also won the Best Sound award and was nominated for Best Score at the 1994
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. For his performance,
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was nominated for the 1994 David di Donatello for Best Actor.


Plot

During a warm springy Sunday afternoon in a small town of South Italy, the opening of the polling station is disrupted by three
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and one
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n, who are unemployed, angry and armed. They threaten to occupy the polling station. They start to negotiate with the police, but eventually the four men are forced to leave.


Cast

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Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor. Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'', ...
: Ciro * Gigio Alberti: Gianni * Claudio Bisio: Giacomo Fiori * Renato Carpentieri: Cannavacciuolo * Antonio Catania: Elia * Marco Manchisi: Michele * Ighèzu Mussiè: Munir * Francesca Neri: Lucia * Antonio Petrocelli: Colonel


Reception

The film performed well in the run up to Christmas grossing over $3 million in Italy.


See also

* List of Italian films of 1993


References


External links

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''Sud''
at Variety Distribution 1993 films Films directed by Gabriele Salvatores Italian drama films 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub