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Shakespeare a Palermo

In the late 1990s, in a dilapidated theater in the heart of Palermo, Carlo Cecchi is working on a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the second play in his Shakespearean trilogy, translated by the poet Patrizia Cavalli. Director Francesca Comencini – who sees Cecchi as the last representative of an Italy not subservient to the media and Berlusconi’s power – decides to follow him and is allowed to film the show’s rehearsals, on the condition that she does it all on her own and with discretion.

Top Cast

  • Carlo Cecchi

    Carlo Cecchi

  • Iaia Forte

    Iaia Forte

  • Valerio Binasco

    Valerio Binasco

  • Arturo Cirillo

    Arturo Cirillo

  • Vito Di Bella

    Vito Di Bella

  • Viola Graziosi

    Viola Graziosi

  • Andre Pushkin

    Andre Pushkin

  • Lorenza Indovina

    Lorenza Indovina

  • Tommaso Ragno

    Tommaso Ragno

Overview

In the late 1990s, in a dilapidated theater in the heart of Palermo, Carlo Cecchi is working on a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the second play in his Shakespearean trilogy, translated by the poet Patrizia Cavalli. Director Francesca Comencini – who sees Cecchi as the last representative of an Italy not subservient to the media and Berlusconi’s power – decides to follow him and is allowed to film the show’s rehearsals, on the condition that she does it all on her own and with discretion.

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