''Sud'', also known as ''South'', is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by

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. The movie won the Best Score award and was nominated for Best Original Story at the 1994

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ceremony. It also won the Best Sound award and was nominated for Best Score at the 1994 David di Donatello. For his performance,

Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor. Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'' ...

was nominated for the 1994

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Plot

During a warm springy Sunday afternoon in a small town of South Italy, the opening of the polling place is disrupted by three

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citizens and one Eritrean, who are unemployed, angry and armed. They threaten to occupy the school designed for the poll. They start to negotiate with the police, but eventually the four men are forced to leave.

Cast

: Ciro *

Gigio Alberti Gigio Alberti (born 19 June 1956) is an Italian actor. Background Born in Milan as Luigi Alberti, he studied at the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1981. His career is mainly associated to Gabriele Salvatores, with whom he ...

: Gianni *

Claudio Bisio Claudio Bisio (; born 19 March 1957) is an Italian actor, presenter, voice actor, comedian, and writer. Early life Bisio was born in Novi Ligure, Piedmont, and raised in Milan, Lombardy. He attended '' scientific lyceum Luigi Cremona'' of Mi ...

: Giacomo Fiori *

Renato Carpentieri Renato Carpentieri (born 2 April 1943) is an Italian actor, stage director and playwright. Life and career Born in Savignano Irpino, Avellino, Carpentieri studied architecture in Naples, where from 1965 to 1974 he was engaged in the organizatio ...

: Cannavacciuolo *

Antonio Catania Antonio Catania (born 22 February 1952) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Acireale, Province of Catania, Antonio Catania studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. After the graduation he started an intense ...

: Elia * Marco Manchisi: Michele * Ighèzu Mussiè: Munir *

Francesca Neri Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is an Italian actress. Biography Neri was born in Trento, Italy. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for ''Pensavo foss ...

: Lucia *

Antonio Petrocelli Antonio Petrocelli (born 18 September 1953) is an Italian actor. Partial filmography Film * '' The Pool Hustlers'' (1982) * '' The Eyes, the Mouth'' (1982) * '' Secrets Secrets'' (1985) * '' Il tenente dei carabinieri'' (1986) * ''The Strangene ...

: Colonel

Reception

The film performed well in the run up to Christmas grossing over $3 million in Italy.

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1993 films Films directed by Gabriele Salvatores Italian drama films 1990s Italian-language films Colorado Films films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub

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