Sicily! (1999)
Directed by Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Drama
aka: Sicilia!

Film Synopsis

Having spent fifteen years in the north of Italy, Silvestro returns to his mother in Sicily.  Life here is much slower than he has grown accustomed to but he soon grows used to it and begins to make sense of his life through the people he meets, including a grinder and an orange picker.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
  • Script: Elio Vittorini (novel), Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
  • Cinematographer: William Lubtchansky
  • Cast: Gianni Buscarino (Il figlio), Angela Nugara (La madre), Vittorio Vigneri (L'arrotino), Carmelo Maddio (Il venditore di arance), Ignazio Trombello (Poliziotto), Simone Nucatola (Poliziotto), Giovanni Interlandi (Il viaggiatore), Mario Baschieri, Giuseppe Bonta
  • Country: Italy / France / Switzerland
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 76 min
  • Aka: Sicilia!

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