Il trash come linguaggio della marginalità: il cinema di Ciprì e Maresco tra grottesco e critica sociale

Abstract

This paper explores the cinema of Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco as a paradigmatic expression of trash aesthetics, understood not as mere provocation but as a critical language of marginality. Through the grotesque and a stark visual style, their films denounce social exclusion and cultural degradation in contemporary Italy. Drawing on theories by Eco, Sontag, Kristeva, Bakhtin, and Bourdieu, the analysis distinguishes trash from kitsch and camp, emphasizing its raw authenticity and subversive power. The use of dialect and deformed language in their works functions as a form of symbolic resistance against institutional communication norms, transforming the grotesque into a powerful tool for social critique and the representation of marginalized communities.