Francesco Casisa

Francesco Casisa is an Italian actor who grew up in the ZEN neighborhood of Palermo and got his start as the lead of Emanuele Crialese's Respiro in 2002, playing Pasquale, the son of characters portrayed by Valeria Golino and Vincenzo Amato. He worked with the same director again on Golden Door (2006), in the role of Angelo Mancuso, and appeared in Marco Amenta's Il fantasma di Corleone, shown in preview in France. His television work includes the miniseries Paolo Borsellino, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, and Il capo dei capi, a six-part miniseries by Enzo Monteleone and Alexis Sweet. He returned to cinema in 2008 with The Sicilian Girl, directed by Marco Amenta, and also appeared in Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca and Il giocatore (ogni scommessa è debito).