
La matassa(2009)
Two cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia.


6th January 1975, in an infant nursery in Palermo (Italy), for a mysterious reason, a male nurse exchanges the labels of baby number 7 and 8. Thirty-one years later Tommaso (7) and Daniele (8) meet each other by accident.

Salvatore Ficarra
Tommaso Scavuzzo

Valentino Picone
Daniele La Blasca

Eleonora Abbagnato
Eleonora Scavuzzo

Barbara Tabita
Marcella

Arnoldo Foà
padre Superiore

Andrea Tidona
colonnello La Blasca

Tony Sperandeo
Gino La Monica

Lucia Sardo
signora La Blasca
Consuelo Lupo
signora Scavuzzo

Remo Girone
frate Antonio / Mimmo Barresi
7 and 8 is a comedy film released in 2007 exploring themes of picone, ficarra, ficarra e picone. Directed by Giambattista Avellino, it stars Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Eleonora Abbagnato. 6th January 1975, in an infant nursery in Palermo (Italy), for a mysterious reason, a male nurse exchanges the labels of baby number 7 and 8. Thirty-one years later Tommaso (7) and Daniele (8) meet each other by accident.
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