ABOUT THE CAST

	The Older Son: Francesco Cabras     Born and lives in Rome. In 1997 he won the Best Leading Actor Award at Nanni Moretti's Sacher Festival. Subsequently he has landed roles in the following international productions: 'Equilibrium™ by Kurt Wimmer, 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Oscar winner John Madden and 'The Passion of the Christ by Oscar winner Mel Gibson, where he played Gesmas, the bad thief. Francesco Cabras is also a director, producer, journalist and photographer. In 1999 he founded the independent production company GANGA (www.gangafilm.com) together with Alberto Molinari and Francesco Struffi with whom he has realized most of his works. He has directed several documentaries based on art issues and many music videos, as well as video art projects, commercials and feature documentaries. Among which is 'The Big Question selected in thirty international film festivals including the Los Angeles AFI Festival, it has won the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival 2006 and had theatrical release in the USA. http://www.gangafilm.com http://www.massagrigia.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127768/
		The Father: Federico Castelluccio   Born in Naples, Italy, Federico Castelluccio grew up in New Jersey. He began his career doing plays then went to venture into film, with credits like MADE with Jon Favreau, FIRE with Robert Klein and DIARY OF A HIT MAN with Danny Aiello. In television, Federico's recent credits include NYPD BLUE and the HBO hit series, THE SOPRANO where he plays the Neapolitan enforcer "Furio Giunta". Federico's current film projects include EL CANTANTE starring Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez and he is currently developing a film titled SOSPIRO DI VITA - a WWII drama starring Giancarlo Giannini and Chazz Palminteri.
		The Mother: Gianna Palminteri   Gianna started her career training with William Esper in New York City where she wrote and performed the one act play, The Curse for Off-Broadway. After several years of daytime drama, she began acting in films such as; Soulmates, A Bronx Tale, Hurlyburly, Faithful and Ghetto Dawg and the primetime dramas, Tattingers and Tribeca. Gianna Exec -Produced and acted in the independent film Ghetto Dawg which is currently on HBO. She is currently writing and developing several projects for television including, Hollywood Mom; Lean Mom, Fit Family; and The Traveling Trainer Presents. Gianna is an active member of The Creative Coalition, a non-for-profit organization combining Washington and Hollywood and their issues of art and education. Together with her husband, actor/writer/director Chazz Palminteri, they created The Child Reach Foundation, a charitable organization which leads the fight against Thalassemia and other fatal childhood blood disorders. Their work with the Cooley's Anemia Foundation over the last five years has brought this small orphan disease into public eye creating a canvas for a cure.
		The Younger Son: Valerio Stano
			The Older Son at 10: Dante Palminteri   This marks Dante's debut in the short film genre. Dante's first performance was in his father Chazz Palminteri's feature film, Noel. Dante is 10 years old and lives in New York with his mother, actress Gianna Palminteri, actor/writer/director Chazz Palminteri and sister Gabriella. He is a brown belt in Kung-Fu and is currently studying guitar, piano, fencing, voice and theatre.
			The Chancellor: Nando Irene   Nando Irene si e' formato frequentando dal 1998 vari laboratori teatrali E.T.I. presso la compagnia "Teatro de Sassi" diretto da Massimo Lanzetta. Lavori piu importanti: "Mettilo la" cortometraggio diretto da Geo Coretti, 2002" il Giudice Mastrangelo" Film TV diretto da enrico Oldoini, 2005" Il Rabdomante" Film cinema diretto da Fabrizio Cattani, 2206 Premi: -miglior attore protagonista al "Lucania Film Festival" di Pisticci, -miglior recitazione maschile al "Festival Favolando" di Udine, con il cortometraggio "Mettilo la", 2003
			The Stranger: Francesco Gagliardi
			The Prostitute's Customer: Vito Pinto
			The Prostitute: Nunzia Fiore
			Younger Son's voice: Randy Flagler