Ciprì e Maresco

The Profile

Ciprì e Maresco are the Italian filmmaking duo of Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco from Palermo. Active together from the late 1980s to 2001, they created the cult Raitre series Cinico TV and directed the features Lo zio di Brooklyn (1995) and Totò che visse due volte (1998), noted for stark black-and-white imagery, grotesque satire, and fierce irreverence.

Creators of Cinico TV on Raitre; directors of Lo zio di Brooklyn (1995) and Totò che visse due volte (1998); distinctive black-and-white, grotesque, satirical portrayals of Palermo and Italian society.

The reviews celebrate Ciprì e Maresco’s brutal, black-and-white vision: Palermo’s decay, grotesque characters, and fierce satire. Cinico TV is hailed as iconoclastic and essential. Lo zio di Brooklyn is called revolutionary and aesthetically bold. Totò che visse due volte is a shocking, blasphemous trip through degradation with a bitter aftertaste of mock-redemption.