Released:
1998-09-06

Overview:
Two segments: In the first one Felice, a baritone who has had to give up his career because of a heart condition and now works as an accountant at the Opera, inexplicably spends his nights laughing in his sleep. When his best friend, a cripple, takes his life and his wife abandons him Felice decides to die himself. In the second segment two kidnappings in Sicily, the second of which took place a century before the present one, are compared.

Directors:
Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani

Runtime:
1h 39min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Antonio Albanese
  as
  Felice Tespini
• 
  Giuseppe Cederna
  as
  Tobia Rambaldi
• 
  Luca Zingaretti
  as
  Gino Migliori
• 
  Dario Cantarelli
  as
  Dottore
• 
  Elena Ghiaurov
  as
  Marika