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Sciopèn (also known as Chopin) is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Odorisio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion for best first work. Odorisio was awarded best new director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, while Tino Schirinzi won a Silver Ribbon for best supporting actor.
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3.3A small town has its placid waters rocked when a 120-piece orchestra is slated to visit on a regular basis to offer special concerts to the community and its environs. The honor of conducting the orchestra seems like it will fall to Francesco (Michele Placido), the community's most well-established music teacher, and to insure his success, his ambitious wife starts sleeping with one of the organizers of the future concerts. Meanwhile, a disgruntled member of the organizing committee decides to muddy the waters by suggesting that another conductor (Andrea, a friend of Francesco's) be hired. Andrea is also a native son who went to the big city to find conducting work but ended up doing television jobs instead. When he receives the call about the prestigious job opportunity, he enthusiastically goes to the town but his wife refuses to join him.
Cast
- Michele Placido as Francesco Maria Vitale
- Giuliana De Sio as Marta Vitale
- Adalberto Maria Merli as Andrea Serano
- Tino Schirinzi as Nicolino
- Fabio Traversa as Vittorio
- Luigi Uzzo as Giustino
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- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 368891
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- 1982-01-01
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- Sciopèn
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Sciopèn (also known as Chopin) is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Odorisio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion for best first work. Odorisio was awarded best new director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, while Tino Schirinzi won a Silver Ribbon for best supporting actor.
== Plot == In Abruzzo, in the town of Chieti, a group of friends, workers with the passion of classical music, try to rebuild a historic city orchestra, which no longer exists. The final concert provides only compositions the famous composer Frédéric Chopin, and the citizens of Chieti seem willing to finance the project. However, The mayor and local officials are skeptical because they think only of their own interests. So the project soon failed, but the workers come back from defeat with a smile.