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The Disappearance of Pato

Vigata, 1890 - a man vanishes after performing in the town's annual Easter play.

Based on the historical novel by Andrea Camilleri, the creator of Inspector Montalbano, The Disappearance of Pato is set in Montalbano's Sicilian town of Vigata, but in 1890.

It's Easter weekend and Vigata is celebrating the occasion by putting on its annual staging of The Passion of Christ in the main square. At the end of the play, one of the performers, local accountant Antonio Pato, vanishes without trace. Pato's distraught wife Elisabetta reports the disappearance to the police, and Inspector Ernesto Bellavia promptly commences an investigation. Much to the chagrin, however, of local Carabinieri Marshal Paolo Giummaro, who insists that his forces will not be sidelined in the matter. The two rival investigators must overcome their differences, find a way of working together and discover what happened to the missing man.

In Italian, with English subtitles.

Release date:

1 hour, 36 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Marshal Paolo Giummaro Nino Frassica
Inspector Ernesto Bellavia Maurizio Casagrande
Elisabetta Pato Alessandra Mortelliti
Antonio Pato Neri Marcorè
Captain Arturo Bosisio Flavio Bucci
Chief of Police Liborio Bonafede Gilberto Idonea
Princess Imelda Sanjust Simona Marchini
Cardillo Franco Costanzo
Artidoro Pecoraro Pippo Crapanzano
Rachele Infantino Alessia Cardella
Ciarramidarro Giovanni Calcagno
Prefect Tiriro Giacinto Ferro
Calogero Pirrello Manilo Dovi
Director Rocco Mortelliti
Author Andrea Camilleri
Writer Andrea Camilleri
Writer Rocco Mortelliti
Writer Maurizio Nichetti

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