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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1999 - 18.24 July

Sections & Films

THE BIRD PEOPLE

Category: Edition 1999

Synopsis
Antonio Lombardi, a seventy year old pensioner and ex sailor, lives with his son, Luca, and his family, sharing a room with his grandchild. After a morning spent in the Post Office collecting his pension, the old man returns home loaded down with sweets and cigarettes that he must hide so that they don’t reprove him. His son and daughter in law, not realising that he has returned, are talking about how cumbersome the old man’s presence is in the small apartment.

Original Title Il popolo degli uccelli
Italian Title Il popolo degli uccelli
Category Out of competition
Section Special Events
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 90'
Production Year 1999
Nationality Italy
Directed by Rocco Cesareo
Screenplay Rocco Cesareo
Main cast Lando Buzzanca, Cinzia Monreale, Riccardo Serventi Longhi

 regista rocco cesareoROCCO CESAREO

Rocco Cesareo (Genoa, 18 October 1955) is an Italian director.
His most important and famous film is Gli angeli di Borsellino, shot in Palermo, which tells the story of Paolo Borsellino's escort until the tragic 19 July 1992, when the magistrate from Palermo and some members of his escort were victims of a mafia attack in via D'Amelio.