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Directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Produced by Grazia Volpi
Starring
Cinematography Giuseppe Lanci
Edited by Roberto Perpignani
Music by Nicola Piovani
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Tu ridi (internationally released as You Laugh, Two Kidnappings and Kaos II) is a 1998 Italian drama film. It is the second film adaptation based on short stories by Luigi Pirandello after Kaos directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. [1]

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For this film Taviani were awarded as best director at Mar del Plata Film Festival. [2]

It represents the last film starred by Turi Ferro.

Cast

Felice (Tu Ridi)

Two Kidnappings (Due sequestri)

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References

  1. Raffaella Setti. Cinema a due voci. F. Cesati, 2001.
  2. Andrés San Martín (22 June 2000). "El enigma de los Taviani". Fotograma. Retrieved 11 March 2012.