

The Stuff of Dreams
2016-12-01 · 98 min · ★ 7.0
Members of the Camorra on the run and actors seeking for authority meet after a shipwreck on an island-prison. The theatre turns into a free zone where everyone may not be able to recover their social role but for sure their humanity. Somebody can even get love back. Shakespeare and Eduardo De Filippo blend together in a picaresque comedy full of coup de théâtre.
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- Directors
- Gianfranco Cabiddu
- Production companies
- PACO Cinematografica, White Pictures, RAI Cinema
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Sergio RubiniOreste Campese
Renato CarpentieriDon Vincenzo
Ennio FantastichiniDe Caro
Jacopo CullinTenente Franci
Teresa SaponangeloMaria Campese
Alba Gaïa BellugiMiranda
Luca De FilippoCapitano
Francesco Di LevaAndrea
Maziar FirouziFerdinando
Fiorenzo MattuAntioco
Adriano Pantaleo
Ciro PetroneSaverio
Nicola Di Pinto
Lino Musella
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