PALAZZO DI COZZO

Feature & 1 hour TV Documentary

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Writer & Director - Madeleine Martiniello

Producers - Philippa Campey and Samantha Dinning

Cinematographer - Vincent Lamberti, Editor - Rosie Jones 

Produced with the assistance of Screen Australia, Film Victoria, The Post Lounge, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Sharmill Films

Aging patriarch, Franco Cozzo, holds court over an iconic furniture empire. A pioneer of Australian TV advertising, Franco’s tri-lingual catchphrase sparked a cult-of-personality as kitsch as his baroque bedheads. But his character is more than caricature. Franco’s journey from rural Sicily to the high streets of Melbourne is a story of one migrant's tenacity and aspiration to become a household name. With ten children and a cult-status to maintain, he’s a busy octogenarian. Discreetly, his furniture tells its own story, gracing the homes of a migrant class that has been evolving since the post-war era. But what will Franco do when the world, and his immigrant clientele, begin to change around him?