The Sicilian Girl ( La siciliana ribelle ) ( La sicilienne )

The Sicilian Girl (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La siciliana ribelle
Alternate Title: La sicilienne
Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Marco Amenta

Written By:
Marco Amenta
Sergio Donati

Actors:
Veronica D'Agostino ..... Rita
Gérard Jugnot ..... Judge
Giulia Andò ..... Paola
Mario Bellevista ..... Avvocato 2
Roberto Bonura ..... Tano
Paolo Briguglia ..... Bruni
Andrea Campisi ..... Agente de Protezione 1
Francesco Casisa ..... Vito
Giusi Cataldo ..... Anna
Miriana Faja ..... Young Rita
Lollo Franco ..... Campisi
Carmelo Galati ..... Rita's brother
Michele Gargano ..... Contadino
Paolo La Bruna ..... Avvocato 1
Giuseppe La Licata ..... Presidente del Tribunare

Synopsis:

When we first meet Rita Mancuso, the purposeful heroine of 'The Sicilian Girl,' she's a bratty 11-year-old (played by Miriana Faja) slapping tomato sauce onto her mother's freshly laundered sheets. Later we see her mouthing off to a prosecutor from Palermo (G?rd Jugnot) who has come to Rita's village to question her adored father - an old-school Mafioso who defends his neighbors from less gentlemanly wiseguys - about the murder of a local rapist. The year is 1985, and Rita, her authority-flouting credentials firmly established, is poised to mouth off on a much grander scale. Based on the brief life of Rita Atria, a Sicilian teenager whose testimony was crucial to the convictions of a large number of Mafia members (some of the trials are still going on), 'The Sicilian Girl' is a conventional drama about an exceedingly unconventional young woman.

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.

Inspired by a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the first time that such a young woman from a Mafia family rebels and betrays the Mafia. From that moment on, Rita's days are numbered.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 December, 2010.

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