The Cyclone (1996 film)

The Cyclone - Il Ciclone
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian	Il ciclone
Directed by	Leonardo Pieraccioni
Written by	Leonardo Pieraccioni Giovanni Veronesi
Produced by	Vittorio Cecchi Gori Rita Rusić
Starring	Leonardo Pieraccioni Lorena Forteza
Cinematography	Roberto Forza
Edited by	Mirco Garrone
Music by	Claudio Guidetti
Distributed by	Ascot Elite Entertainment Group Buena Vista International Edko Films Gativideo Kinowelt Filmverleih
Release date	20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	52,589,075,000 £ (Italy)[1]

The Cyclone (Italian: Il ciclone) is a 1996 Italian romantic comedy film, co-written, directed by and starred by Leonardo Pieraccioni.

Plot[]

Tuscany, June 1996. Levante Quarini (Leonardo Pieraccioni) is a young accountant of Tuscany who lives his unhappy relationship with women. He lives with his father Osvaldo (Sergio Forconi), his brother Libero (Massimo Ceccherini) and his lesbian sister Selvaggia (Barbara Enrichi) on a lonely residence surrounded by corn fields. They are far from the major roads and signs are far and scarce, but that is not a problem since the dirt roads are used usually only by the locals who know them well.

On an apparent everyday evening a sign pointing to a nearby agritourism fell and a bus with a group of flamenco dancers due to town for a recital, get lost. They can't find their way to the agritourism and their lazy manager had forgot to confirm reservations so their rooms aren't available anymore anyway.

They have no chance but to stop at the Quarini residence to spend the night, and the story unfolds from here....

Cast[]

• Leonardo Pieraccioni as Levante Quarini
• Lorena Forteza as Caterina
• Barbara Enrichi as Selvaggia Quarini
• Massimo Ceccherini as Libero Quarini
• Sergio Forconi as Osvaldo Quarini
• Tosca D'Aquino as Carlina
• Patrizia Corti as Franca Beniamini
• Benedetta Mazzini as Isabella
• Natalia Estrada as Penelope
• Paolo Hendel as Pippo
• Alessandro Haber as Naldone

Reception[]

Il Ciclone fared very well at the box office and was nominated for several awards, Including seven David di Donatello one of the most important Italian cinematic awards. The film won in the categories of "Audience Award", "Best Supporting Actress" (for Barbara Enrichi) and "Scholars Jury David". It was also nominated for "Best Film", "Best Screenplay", "Best Actor" (for Pieraccioni) and "Best Supporting Actor" (for Massimo Ceccherini), but lost it.^[2] Il Ciclone was also nominated for four Ciak d'oro, winning two and losing two. The film also won one "Globo Dorado" (for "Best Actor), one Hamptons International Film Festival Award (for "Most Popular Feature") and two Nastro d'Argento (for "Best Screenplay" and "Best Actor").^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• The Cyclone at IMDb

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