THE SICILIAN GIRL
by Marco Amenta
synopsis
Freely inspired by real events. One November morning in 1991, 17 year old Rita approached the Chief Prosecutor of Palermo, intent on vindicating her father's and brother's mafia related deaths. This marked the first time that the daughter of a mafia family openly rebelled against the traditionally male dominated organization. From then on, Rita's days were counted. Repudiated and threatened by her boyfriend, her hometown and even her mother, she was forced to leave Sicily and move to Rome where she lives under another name.
international title: | The Sicilian Girl |
original title: | La siciliana ribelle |
country: | Italy, France |
sales agent: | Roissy Films |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marco Amenta |
release date: | IT 27/02/2009, FR 13/05/2009, NL 03/09/2009, BE 04/11/2009 |
screenplay: | Sergio Donati, Marco Amenta |
cast: | Veronica D'Agostino, Gérard Jugnot, Lucia Sardo, Marcello Mazzarella, Paolo Briguglia |
cinematography by: | Luca Bigazzi |
film editing: | Mirco Garrone |
art director: | Marcello Di Carlo |
costumes designer: | Cristina Francioni |
music: | Pasquale Catalano |
producer: | Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli, Simonetta Amenta, Marco Amenta |
production: | R&C Produzioni, Eurofilm, Roissy Films, Rai Cinema |
backing: | Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) |
distributor: | Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rezo Films (FR), Cinemien Film & Video Distribution (NL), ABC distribution (BE) |