# Mimmo Cuticchio

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**Mimmo Cuticchio** (born 30 March 1948) is an Italian [cantastorie](/source/Cantastorie), [puppeteer](/source/Puppeteer), actor and playwright.

## Life and career

Born in [Gela](/source/Gela), the son of Giacomo, a puppeteer who had a travelling theatre, Cuticchio inherited the family legacy and in 1973 founded the Teatro dei Pupi Santa Rosalia, an [Opera dei Pupi](/source/Opera_dei_Pupi) in [Palermo](/source/Palermo).[1][2] The same year he wrote his first [cantastoria](/source/Cantastoria) play, *Giuseppe Balsamo conte di Cagliostro*.[1] In 1977 he founded the association and stage company "Figli D'Arte Cuticchio".[1][3]

During his career Cuticchio focused on renewing the arts of [Opera dei Pupi](/source/Opera_dei_Pupi) and cantastoria, opening them to contemporary themes and to civil commitments.[1][4][5] As an actor, he appeared in several films, notably playing a leading role in [Emanuele Crialese](/source/Emanuele_Crialese)'s *[Terraferma](/source/Terraferma_(film))*.[6] In 2022, he received an honorary degree from [Roma Tre University](/source/Roma_Tre_University).[7]

In 2007, he won the Hystrio Award in the Teatro Festival Mantova.[8]

In 2015 the collection of Sicilian puppets started by his father was acquired by the Sicily Foundation, and is now on display at [Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo](/source/Palazzo_Branciforte,_Palermo).[9]

## Filmography

- *[One Hundred Days in Palermo](/source/One_Hundred_Days_in_Palermo)* (Italian: *Cento giorni a Palermo*), directed by [Giuseppe Ferrara](/source/Giuseppe_Ferrara) (1984)
- *[The Godfather Part III](/source/The_Godfather_Part_III)*, directed by [Francis Ford Coppola](/source/Francis_Ford_Coppola) (1990)
- *Rehearsals for a Sicilian Tragedy*, (Italian: *Prove per una tragedia siciliana*) directed by Roman Paska (2009)
- *[Baarìa](/source/Baar%C3%ACa_(film))*, directed by [Giuseppe Tornatore](/source/Giuseppe_Tornatore) (2009)
- *[Terraferma](/source/Terraferma_(film))*, directed by [Emanuele Crialese](/source/Emanuele_Crialese) (2011)
- [*Cha cha cha*](/source/Cha_cha_cha_(film)), directed by [Marco Risi](/source/Marco_Risi) (2013)
- *In the Name of the Italian People*, (Italian: *Nel nome del popolo italiano*) directed by [Maurizio Sciarra](/source/Maurizio_Sciarra) (2017)
- *Cùntami*, directed by Giovanna Taviani (2021)

## References

1. "Conversazione con Cuticchio". *[Corriere della Sera](/source/Corriere_della_Sera)*. 2 January 2014. p. 11.

1. Reimann, Horst (1982). *Siziliens kleines Volkstheater, opera dei pupi* (in German). Deutsches Institut für Puppenspiel. pp. 12–3, 45. ISBN 978-3-88317-009-1.

1. marionnettes, Union internationale des (2009). "Mimmo Cuticchio et ses marionettes". *Encyclopédie mondiale des arts de la marionnette* (in French). Entretemps. pp. 198–9. ISBN 978-2-912877-88-8.

1. Audino, Antonio (3 August 2014). ["I sogni del cantastorie Mimmo"](https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2014-08-03/i-sogni-cantastorie-mimmo-081541.shtml?uuid=ABG0rvgB) (in Italian). *[Il Sole 24 Ore](/source/Il_Sole_24_Ore)*. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

1. ["Cutìcchio, Mimmo"](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mimmo-cuticchio) (in it-IT). *www.treccani.it*. [Enciclopedia Treccani](/source/Enciclopedia_Treccani). Retrieved 7 February 2023.

1. Conti, Mariateresa (17 October 2010). ["Dall'opera dei pupi al cinema: Mimmo Cuticchio attore per Crialese"](https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/dallopera-dei-pupi-cinema-mimmo-cuticchio-attore-crialese.html) (in Italian). *[Il Giornale](/source/Il_Giornale)*. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

1. Redazione (16 November 2022). ["Laurea honoris causa di Roma Tre a Mimmo Cuticchio: "La condivido con tutto il teatro di figura italiano""](https://www.sicilymag.it/laurea-honoriscausa-di-roma-tre-a-mimmo-cuticchio-la-condivido-con-tutto-il-teatro-di-figura-italiano.htm) (in it-IT). *SicilyMag*. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

1. ["PREMIO HYSTRIO 2010"](https://archivi.dar.unibo.it/files/cultea/news/682-premio-hystrio-2010-.html). *archivi.dar.unibo.it*

1. ["pupisiciliani Archivi"](https://www.palazzobranciforte.it/tag/pupisiciliani/) (in it-IT). *Palazzo Branciforte*

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