Pizza Connection (film)

Pizza Connection
Film poster under the title The Sicilian Connection
Directed by	Damiano Damiani
Written by	Damiano Damiani Ernesto Gastaldi Franco Marotta
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring	Michele Placido
Cinematography	Sebastiano Celeste
Edited by	Enzo Meniconi
Music by	Carlo Savina
Release date	February 1985 (1985-02)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Pizza Connection is a 1985 Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. ^[1] A version of the film dubbed for the USA was titled The Sicilian Connection, ^[2] a title already used by another film from 1972.

Cast

• Michele Placido as Mario Aloia
• Mark Chase as Michele Aloia
• Ida Di Benedetto
• Nick Delon
• Luigi Maria Burruano
• Piergiorgio Capone
• Pierluigi Capone
• Simona Cavallari as Cecilia Smedile
• Massimo De Francovich
• Maria Denaro
• Domenico Gennaro
• Massimo Liti
• Leondina Marchese
• Leonardo Marino

Awards

• Nastro d'Argento: Silver Ribbon award for best actor (Michele Placido)
• David di Donatello: David award for best music (Carlo Savina)
• Berlin Film Festival: Honourable Mention

References

1. "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
2. "The Sicilian Connection (1985) - IMDb". IMDb .

External links

• Pizza Connection at IMDb