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Bookmark this pageThe Cyclone (1996)
Director: Leonardo Pieraccioni
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A huge hit in Italy (indeed, the biggest local box office smash ever), this simply doesn't travel. The 'cyclone' is a touring flamenco dance company whose bus breaks down in an insular Tuscan town. Our accountant hero, a flustered romantic, puts them up in the family barn. He has an idiot brother who sleeps in a coffin, a butch lesbian sister, and a sex mad friend - he doesn't seem to know anyone who isn't a stereotype. The endless stream of avuncular ribaldry occasionally hits paydirt, but only if you have the patience for it.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Leonardo Pieraccioni
Producer: Alessandro Calosci, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Rita Cecchi Gori
Cast: Leonardo Pieraccioni, Lorena Forteza, Barbara Enrichi, Massimo Ceccherini, Mario Monicelli, Sergio Froconi full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 94 mins
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