A Respectable Man

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1999 Italian drama film

A Respectable Man

Directed by	Maurizio Zaccaro
Starring	Michele Placido Stefano Accorsi Mariangela Melato Giovanna Mezzogiorno Leo Gullotta Giuliano Gemma Vincenzo Peluso Franco Castellano Mariano Rigillo Pino Ammendola Luigi Diberti Franco Trevisi Augusto Zucchi
Cinematography	Pasquale Rachini
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Language	Italian

A Respectable Man (Italian: Un uomo perbene) is a 1999 Italian drama film written and directed by Maurizio Zaccaro. It depicts the judicial case of television presenter Enzo Tortora, who was falsely accused by several pentiti to be a camorra man and who died of cancer a short time after being acquitted.^[1]^[2] For his performance Leo Gullotta won the David di Donatello for best supporting actor.^[3]

Cast

Michele Placido: Enzo Tortora
Stefano Accorsi: Lawyer Raffaele Della Valle
Giovanna Mezzogiorno: Silvia Tortora
Mariangela Melato: Anna Tortora
Leo Gullotta: Giovanni Pandico
Luigi Diberti: Public Prosecutor
Pino Ammendola: Lawyer Antonio Coppola
Giuliano Gemma: Lawyer Alberto Dall'Ora
Vincenzo Peluso: Gianni Melluso
Mariano Rigillo: Judge Antonio Fontana

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia & Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401372.
^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
^ Enrico Lancia & Roberto Poppi. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri, Volume 6. Gremese, 2003. ISBN 8884401372.