Viper

Vipera

Viper is the nickname Leone, a blacksmith in a small Sicilian village, gave to his wife, who ran off with another man. The war ends: the fascists disguise themselves first as communists and then as Christian Democrats, and the poor survive by dancing and drinking. Leone's daughter Rosetta becomes pregnant; Leone dies, and the newborn (named Fortunato) is taken from his very young mother, who ends up in an institution. When Rosetta comes of age, she is reunited with her "witch" mother and her son.

Music

Nicola Piovani

Director

Sergio Citti

Screenplay

Vincenzo Cerami

Screenplay

Sergio Citti

Status

Released

Release date

11/05/2000

Original language

Italian