Viper

Overview

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.

Cast

Harvey Keitel

Leone

Giancarlo Giannini

Guastamacchia

Elide Melli

Vipera

Larissa Volpentesta

Rosetta child

Annalisa Schettino

Rosetta adult

Rosario Ainnusa

Fortunato

Paolo Pini

Luca

Goffredo Fofi

Maria Rosa Sapienza

Olimpia Carlisi