Movie: Strangeness

Top 10 Billed Cast

Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo

Luigi Pirandello

Salvatore Ficarra
Salvatore Ficarra

Onofrio "Nofrio" Principato

Valentino Picone
Valentino Picone

Sebastiano "Bastiano" Vella

Giulia Andò
Giulia Andò

Santina

Rosario Lisma
Rosario Lisma

Mimmo Casà

Donatella Finocchiaro
Donatella Finocchiaro

La balia

Aurora Quattrocchi
Aurora Quattrocchi

Maria Antonietta Portolano

Galatea Ranzi
Galatea Ranzi

La madre

Fausto Russo Alesi
Fausto Russo Alesi

Il padre

Filippo Luna
Filippo Luna

Il direttore di scena

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    During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.

  • Release Date

    2022-10-27

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    6.8

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