Mimmo Cuticchio
Mimmo Cuticchio | |
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| File:Mimmo Cuticchio.jpg Cuticchio in 2017 | |
| Born | 30 March 1948 (age 78) Gela, Caltanissetta Italy |
| Occupations | Cantastorie, puppeteer, actor and playwright |
Mimmo Cuticchio (born 30 March 1948) is an Italian cantastorie, puppeteer, actor and playwright.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Gela, the son of Giacomo, a puppeteer who had a travelling theatre, Cuticchio inherited the family legacy and in 1973 founded the Teatro dei Pupi Santa Rosalia, an Opera dei Pupi in Palermo.[1][2] The same year he wrote his first cantastoria play, Giuseppe Balsamo conte di Cagliostro.[1] In 1977 he founded the association and stage company "Figli D'Arte Cuticchio".[1][3]
During his career Cuticchio focused on renewing the arts of Opera dei Pupi and cantastoria, opening them to contemporary themes and to civil commitments.[1][4][5] As an actor, he appeared in several films, notably playing a leading role in Emanuele Crialese's Terraferma.[6] In 2022, he received an honorary degree from Roma Tre University.[7]
In 2007, he won the Hystrio Award in the Teatro Festival Mantova.[8]
In 2015 the collection of Sicilian puppets started by his father was acquired by the Sicily Foundation, and is now on display at Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo.[9]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]- One Hundred Days in Palermo (Italian: Cento giorni a Palermo), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara (1984)
- The Godfather Part III, directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1990)
- Rehearsals for a Sicilian Tragedy, (Italian: Prove per una tragedia siciliana) directed by Roman Paska (2009)
- Baarìa, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2009)
- Terraferma, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2011)
- Cha cha cha, directed by Marco Risi (2013)
- In the Name of the Italian People, (Italian: Nel nome del popolo italiano) directed by Maurizio Sciarra (2017)
- Cùntami, directed by Giovanna Taviani (2021)
References
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External links
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