Movielogr
Kryptonite! (2011)
Directed by Ivan Cotroneo
Overview
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Valeria Golino | Cristiana Capotondi | Luca Zingaretti | Libero De Rienzo | Luigi Catani | Lucia Ragni | Vincenzo Nemolato | Massimiliano Gallo | Monica Nappo | Rosaria De Cicco | Antonia Truppo | Nunzia Schiano | Sergio Solli | Gennaro Cuomo | Carmine Borrino | Anita Caprioli | Fabrizio Gifuni | Ylenia Tiano | Pierpaolo Pollano | Gennaro Savarese | Luciana Zazzera | Mariagrazia Lanzilli | Flora Perretta | Anna D'Angelo | Assunta Donnarumma | Federico Colucci | Antonietta Carcatella | Francesca Golia | Diego D'Elia | Santa De Santis | Raffaella Imparato | Tamara Viviana Isler | Antonello Cossia | Gennaro Cassini | Parsifal Reparato | Natasha Magri | Giulia Pica | Michela Colonna | Giorgio Iovine | Tina Femiano