"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
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Danièle Huillet
Screenplay
Elio Vittorini
Novel
Producer
Martine Marignac
Co-Producer
Enzo Porcelli
Dietmar Schings
Associate Producer
Editor
Jean-Charles Fitoussi
Assistant Director
Romano Guelfi
Arnaud Maillet
Andreas Teuchert
Jacques Ballay
Sound
Jean-Pierre Duret
Louis Hochet
Sound Mixer
Marion Befve
Camera Operator
Olivier Cazzitti
Electrician
Jim Howell
Irina Lubtchansky
Anna Barzacchini
Thanks
Paolo Bernardini
Francesco Grillini
Marcello Landi
Dario Marconcini
Salvatore Scollo
Piero Spila
Gabriella Taddeo
Barbara Ulrich
William Lubtchansky
Director of Photography