Movie Details
Movie Budget:$160,000
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
K
Katie Milwright
Director of Photography
A
Asher Pope
Original Music Composer
S
Shannon Swan
Director
S
Shannon Swan
Editor
J
Jason McFadyen
Director of Photography
Lygon Street Si parla Italiano
"Food wine coffeeand a little bit of gambling"Movie
StarringAnthony LaPaglia
DirectorShannon Swan
1 hr 27 minDocumentary
Plot
The true story of an iconic street as told by the men and women who made it Narrated by Anthony LaPaglia After the disaster of World War II a wave of Italian immigrants found their way to Melbourne a strange place suspicious of outsiders and completely devoid of a good cup of espresso Congregating in a then rundown stretch of Carlton known as Lygon Street these irrepressible restaurateurs entrepreneurs and sometime mafiosi would come to define not only a street but an entire country Lygon Street Si parla Italiano brings to life the people places and of course pastas that have made up one of Australias most remarkable communities
