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Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the documentary flick. Cortile Cascino starring has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 46 min. The release date of the movie is January 2nd, 1962. The movie received a user score of 60/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 1 active users.
Let’s set the scene for you... Here's the plot: "This longsuppressed and controversial documentary was produced in 1961 for network television but never broadcast Comingling cinema verité and narrative techniques the film offers a sensitive but critical look at the slum called Cortile Cascino in the center of Palermo Sicily where poverty and early death are constants and where the church and the Mafia compete for the inhabitants fealty The established church largely ignoring the plight of its parishioners nonetheless voices its outrage when a faith healer draws large crowds The Mafia runs an illegal slaughterhouse and controls the concession to funerals but also distributes free food to the districts hungry residents In the face of relentless adversity the women provide the only stabilizing force The neighborhoods despair is tragically foregrounded in a sequence depicting the burial of baby who died of malnutrition The soundtrack is composed of comments by the people recorded and translated by the filmmakers"
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