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Mimmo Cuticchio | Il Narratore

Mimmo Cuticchio, nato a Gela nel 1948, è il più noto operante-cuntastorie del nostro tempo, erede e innovatore della tradizione siciliana del teatro dell’Opera dei pupi.

Figlio dell’oprante Giacomo, fin da bambino lavora nel teatro di famiglia e segue le consuete tappe dell’apprendistato.

L’insofferenza per la disciplina paterna va oltre il conflitto generazionale. Nel 1970 Mimmo avverte la necessità di un altro maestro, che riconosce nel puparo e cuntista Peppino Celano il quale gli fornisce strumenti nuovi ed efficaci per raggiungere una personale consapevolezza e maturità espressiva. Alla morte del maestro, Cuticchio si dedica al proprio teatrino che apre nel 1973.

Nel 1997 fonda e dirige a Palermo la prima scuola per pupari e cuntisti, all’interno della quale dirige laboratori sulla narrazione e sul teatro dei pupi.

Fondamentale per Cuticchio è anche lo scambio con diverse espressioni della scena contemporanea, com’è evidente dai suoi complessi e assidui rapporti col cinema (Coppola, Tornatore, Turturro, Ciprì e Maresco, Crialese), la fotografia, la radio, l’arte contemporanea (Mimmo Paladino), i generi musicali pop (Lucio Dalla, Loreena McKennith).

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Sicily Jass - written and directed by MICHELE CINQUE with MIMMO CUTICCHIO and ROY PACI edited by PIETRO LASSANDRO photography MARTINA COCCO original music by SALVATORE BONAFEDE sound LUCA BERTOLIN and DANILO ROMANCINO sound design and mix GIUSEPPE D'AMATO and GIANCARLO RUTIGLIANO graphics and color ADRIANO MESTICHELLA produced by LUIGI PICCIRILLI for MRF5, GIOIA AVVANTAGGIATO for GA&A PRODUCTIONS and ALESSANDRO LEONARDI in association with RAI CINEMA developed with the support of MIBACT, SICILIA FILM COMMISSION, REGIONE LAZIO
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