The Saracen
1992·Canada·109 min.
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The film stars Tony Nardi and Enrica Maria Modugno as Giuseppe and Ninetta Moschella, Italian immigrants in Montreal, Quebec. One day, Giuseppe breaks up a fight between a Sicilian tenant of the Moschellas' boarding house and Theo (Gilbert Sicotte), a French Canadian labourer who is also the son-in-law of Giuseppe's friend Alphonse Lamoureux (Jean Lapointe), and is put on trial for murder after his intervention results in Theo's accidental death.
DirectorPaul Tana
MusicPierre Desrochers
CinematographyMichel Caron
CastTony Nardi·Enrica Maria Modugno·Tano Cimarosa·Jean Lapointe·Frank Crudele·Johanne-Marie Tremblay·Nick La Morgia·Dom Fiore·Muriel Dutil·Jacques Rossi·Laurence Houde·René Geoffrion·Gilbert SicotteShow all
Original titleLa sarrasine