Triumph and Ruins

History as immersion and dispersion in the fragments of the past, a visionary journey accompanied by the voice of Patty Pravo. Presented at the Taormina Festival '97.

Cast

Francesco Carnelutti

Paolo Graziosi

Angelica Ippolito

Roberto Herlitzka

Vladimir Luxuria

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