MARIANNA UCRÌA
synopsis
Sicily 18th century, Marianna Ucria is a 12-year-old deaf-mute from an aristocratic family of Palermo. Aged 13, she is married to a middle-aged uncle, Duca Pietro. She is repulsed by him, but at 16 years she already gives him three daughters. During her 20s she is instructed by a French tutor, which teaches her philosophy and all the new ideas that tour around Europe. She also has to manage, after Pietro's death, a relationship with her servant's brother (and following scandal). In her mature age she finally discovers and understands the terrible secret behind his handicap.
original title: | Marianna Ucrìa |
working title: | La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa |
country: | Italy, France, Portugal |
year: | 1997 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Roberto Faenza |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | IT 07/02/1997, RU 07/1997, FR 13/08/1997, DE 12/09/1998 |
screenplay: | Roberto Faenza, Francesco Marcucci, Sandro Petraglia |
cast: | Bernard Giraudeau, Laura Morante, Philippe Noiret, Laura Betti, Leopoldo Trieste, Lorenzo Crespi, Roberto Herlitzka, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Enzo Marino Bellanich |
cinematography by: | Tonino Delli Colli |
film editing: | Roberto Perpignani |
art director: | Danilo Donati |
music: | Franco Piersanti |
producer: | Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Elda Ferri, Rita Rusic |
line producer: | T. David Pash, Maurizio Pastrovich |