Five women, one brutal truth: survival has a price in '90s Palermo.
Orlanda, Liuccia, Milù, Blu Blu and Veronica are five women in Palermo, Sicily, each different from the other. But, along with transvestite Kim and young man Maurizio, they all share something: they're "buttane", hookers, who spend the day between the streets and home; some got children, some got problems with the pimps, some with the clients...
Acting
Ensemble cast brings raw authenticity to marginalized lives.
Direction
Grimaldi's neorealist approach refuses exploitation or redemption arcs.
Director
Aurelio Grimaldi
Ida Di Benedetto
Orlanda
Guia Jelo
Liuccia
Lucia Sardo
Milu
Sandra Sindoni
Blu Blu
Paola Pace
Veronica
Alessandra Di Sanzo
Kim
Marco Leonardi
Maurizio
Adriano Chiaramida
Distinguished Man
Maria Amato
Buttana
Luigi Maria Burruano
Mario
Vincenzo Crivello
Santino
Enzo Marcelli
Cliente Milù
Maurizio Nicolosi
Maurizio u catanisi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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