PLOT : In an effort to impress his visiting brother from Italy, Tullio Testa — a working class landscape contractor — attempts to impress him by appearing as a man of leisure. He turns the business over to his younger, favourite son Massimo — ultimately shunning his other son Joe, who has worked alongside him for years. When Massimo puts their business in jeopardy, a war erupts between father and sons — unravelling their façade and forever altering the dynamics within the family.
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Vittorio Rossi. A Montréal-born playwright, actor, director and screenwriter. His Italian-Canadian centric plays have been produced throughout the United States and Canada. Vittorio Rossi’s The Chain was his first full length play — which opened to critical acclaim in 1988. By producing over ten plays in his decades-spanning career, Rossi has been a quintessential Italian voice on the Canadian stage. Rossi’s The Chain was followed by a sequel set thirty years after the original titled — Legacy: The Chain Part II.
Length 2h 16min
Cast
Richard Zeppieri, Donny Falsetti, Toni Ellwand, Paulina Cossio, Paul Van Dyck, Alexandra Valassis, Vince Benvenuto, Giulano Fiorilli,
Distribution Magjusjen Entertainment
Production Magjusjen Entertainment