''Italo'' (also known as ''Italo Barocco'') is a 2014 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

written and directed by Alessia Scarso. It is based on the true story of a

mongrel dog A mongrel, mutt or mixed-breed dog is a dog that does not belong to one officially recognized breed and including those that are the result of intentional breeding. Although the term ''mixed-breed dog'' is sometimes preferred, many mongre ...

that thanks to its skills earned the honorary citizenship of

Scicli Scicli is a town and municipality in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily, southern Italy. It is from Ragusa, and from Palermo, and has a population (2017) of 27,051. Alongside seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it has been li ...

Ragusa Ragusa is the historical name of Dubrovnik. It may also refer to: Places Croatia * the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa * Cavtat (historically ' in Italian), a town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Cro ...

Cast

Marco Bocci Marco Bocci (pseudonym of Marco Bocciolini; born 4 August 1977) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2001. He married fellow actress Laura Chiatti in 2014. They have two sons. Filmography * '' Interference'' (1998) ...

as Antonio Blanco *

Elena Radonicich Elena Radonicich (born February 5, 1985 in Moncalieri, Piedmont) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Born in Moncalieri to an Italian father of Slavic-German origins and an Italian mother, she graduated in 2009 at the Centro Sperimen ...

as Laura *

Barbara Tabita Barbara Tabita (born 13 February 1975) is an Italian actress, comedian and playwright. Life and career Born in Augusta, Sicily, Tabita studied acting at the drama school of the Teatro Stabile di Catania The Teatro Stabile di Catania (Permanent ...

as Luisa Nigro * Vincenzo Lauretta as Meno * Martina Antoci as Chiara * Matteo Korreshi as Paolo *

Lucia Sardo Lucia Sardo (born 13 December 1952) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born Aurora Sardo in Francofonte, Syracuse, Sardo formed at the Teatro di Ventura under Ferruccio Merisi. She made her film debut in the 1992 Aurelio Grimaldi's dra ...

as Concetta *

Andrea Tidona Andrea Tidona (born 30 November 1951) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Modica, Sicily, Tidona formed at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and later worked several years at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, under Giorgio ...

as Mario * Marcello Perracchio as Marcello *

Tuccio Musumeci Tuccio Musumeci (born 20 April 1934) is an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Catania, Musumeci started his career in the 1960s, performing in local cabarets and avanspettacolo companies.Santino Mirabella. ''In scena - conver ...

as Natalino *

Leo Gullotta Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and writer. Biography Born in Catania and the last of six children, Gullotta started his career as an extra in Teatro Massimo Bellini. In his long ...

as Narrator (voice)

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* 2014 films 2014 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in Sicily Films about dogs Comedy films based on actual events 2014 directorial debut films 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-comedy-film-stub