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Arts and Culture / A Festival of New Italian American Cinema

Nunzio’s Second Cousin (Tom De Cerchio, 1994; 18 min.)

(September 25, 2008)

With Vincent D’Onofrio, Miles Perlich, Eileen Brennan, David Fresco, Harry Waters Jr., Seth Green

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Sergeant Tony Randozza is a husky gay police officer in Chicago. When he leaves a bar late at night with Levon, his date for the evening, a group of homophobic high school punks attack them both with baseball bats in what they term “fag-bashing.”


The high schoolers suddenly stop after Tony flashes his gun, but Tony bizarrely forces the leader of the gang, Jimmy, to have dinner at his house the following night, who learns about sexual tolerance after he witnesses Tony’s wild and comedic family interactions.
 
 
Additional Facts:

 
- De Cerchio’s first film he directed

 

 

Vincent D'Onofrio and Seth Green