Kryptonite!

Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has taken to her bed with depression. Super-mod brother and sister Titina and Salvatore take the boy under their wings, introducing him to demonstrations and love-ins, whilst caped superhero Gennaro visits Peppino even after being knocked down and killed by the number 12 bus. It is the imaginary appearances of this older superman cousin that help the nine-year-old navigate the complicated adult world.

6.4

98 min

Cast

Valeria Golino

as Rosaria

Cristiana Capotondi

as Titina

Luca Zingaretti

as Antonio

Libero De Rienzo

as Salvatore

Luigi Catani

as Peppino

Lucia Ragni

as Carmela

Vincenzo Nemolato

as Gennaro

Massimiliano Gallo

as Arturo

Monica Nappo

as Assunta

Rosaria De Cicco

as Maestra Lina

Antonia Truppo

as Valeria

Nunzia Schiano

as Spanish aunt

Sergio Solli

as Vincenzo

Gennaro Cuomo

as Federico

Carmine Borrino

as Elio

Anita Caprioli

as Madonna

Fabrizio Gifuni

as Matarrese

Ylenia Tiano

as Valentina Imposimato

Pierpaolo Pollano

as Cacace

Gennaro Savarese

as Persico

Luciana Zazzera

as Fruttivendola

Mariagrazia Lanzilli

as Cliente fruttivendola

Flora Perretta

as 2°cliente fruttivendola

Anna D'Angelo

as Vicina

Assunta Donnarumma

as Patrizia

Federico Colucci

as Dottor Urcioli

Antonietta Carcatella

as Zia Pupatella

Francesca Golia

as Rita, amica Titina

Diego D'Elia

as Christos, ragazzo greco

Santa De Santis

as Donna conferenza stampa

Raffaella Imparato

as Ragazza autocoscienza

Tamara Viviana Isler

as Ragazza autocoscienza

Antonello Cossia

as Bidello

Gennaro Cassini

as Ragazzo Red Inn

Parsifal Reparato

as Ragazzo Red Inn

Natasha Magri

as Ragazza Red Inn

Giulia Pica

as Giulia, amica Titina

Michela Colonna

as Amica di Gianni

Giorgio Iovine

as Nonno Assunta

Tina Femiano

as Mamma Assunta

Director

Ivan Cotroneo