The Sweet and the Bitter

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The Sweet and the Bitter

2007

1h 38m

5.8(32 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

Saro, a young Sicilian thug, that from jobs assigned by his godfather, won the favor of leaders of Cosa Nostra, becoming a "man of honor".

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58 members

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Luigi Lo Cascio

Saro Scordia

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Donatella Finocchiaro

Ada

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Gaetano Bruno

Mimmo

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Renato Carpentieri

Vicari

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Toni Gambino

Gaetano

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Fabrizio Gifuni

Stefano

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Ornella Giusto

Antonia

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Pier Luigi Misasi

Cosimo

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Gioacchino Cappelli

Saro at 14

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Vincenzo Amato

Vito Scordia, Saro's father

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Emanuela Muni

Lady in a wig

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Pietro Arciadiacono

Proprietario chiosco

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Arianna Barbanera

Figlia Saro e Aldo

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Robarto Bonura

Guardaspalle Zu Pietro

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Marialorena Cacciatore

Turista tedesca

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Andrea Cannistraro

Regazzo traghetto

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Tommaso Caporrimo

Rapinatore

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Vittoria Cinquina

Turista tedesca

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Giovanni Cintura

Zu Pietro

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Ignazio Cusimano

Benzinaio Apprendista

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Fulvio D'Angelo

Artificiere mafioso

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Vincenzo D'Asta

Fratello Saro

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Giuseppe Di Blasi

Madre Saro

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Calogero Di Majo

Roccu u pazzu

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Antonino Dolcemascolo

Rapinatore

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Mario Fasano

Proprietario autosalone

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Salvatore Forzisimo

Barzellettiere

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Creator

Alessandro Giugliano

Guardaspalle Ofanto

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Giugiu Gramaglia

Caposcorta Massirenti

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Santo Leonardi

Traduttore di Partinico

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Erasmo Lo Bello

Gurdaspalle Zu Pietro

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Giacomo Lo Nardo

Esentato servizio militare

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Filippo Luna

Direttore carcere

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Mariangela Consuelo Lupo

Cliente banca

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Salvatore Maddalena

Rapinatore

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Ana Paula Mancino Machado

Moglie Mimmo

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Flora Massimo

Madre Sciacca

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Linda Messerklinger

Chantal

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Domenico Montesanto

Rapinatore

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Fabrizio Nuccio

Ragazzo pozzo

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Enrico Pappalardo

Padre Massirenti

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Leandro Parlavecchio

Padre esentato

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Mario Patanè

Babbuzza

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Domenico Pecoraro

Ninni Santamaria

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Antonino Pensabene

Ragioniere

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Alessio Piazza

Lillo

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Marcello Prayer

Ofanto Agostino

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Antonio Puccia

Maresciallo traghetto

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Raffaele Sabato

Turi Sciacca

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Maria Luisa Seravesi

Commessa

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Annamaria Varello

Cassiera

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Franco Vella

Poliziotto

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Gian Maria Virzì

Ragazzo pozzo

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Grazia Zappalà

Cliente autosalone

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Giuseppa Zerbo

Madre Rocco

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Giuseppa Zerbo

Rapinatore

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Alessandro Agnello

Rapinatore (uncredited)

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Benedetto Lo Monaco

Mafioso (uncredited)

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