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The Sicilian Girl
''The Sicilian Girl'' ( it, La siciliana ribelle) is a 2008 cinema of Italy, Italian film directed by Marco Amenta. The film is inspired by the story of Rita Atria, a key witness in a major Sicilian Mafia, Mafia investigation in Sicily. Synopsis Beginning in 1985 in Balata, Sicily, the eleven-year-old Rita Mancuso witnessed the assassination of her beloved father Don Michele by a rival Mafia family. Six years later, her brother is killed by the Mafia as well. Determined to avenge the murders, she decides to break the Omertà , code of silence and goes to an anti-Mafia prosecutor in Palermo with her detailed diaries to be used as evidence. Being forced to flee her village, she is put into witness protection and transferred to a safe house in Rome. Reception For ''The Sicilian Girl'', Amenta received a David di Donatello nomination for David di Donatello for Best New Director, Best New Director. According to a ''New York Times'' movie review, the film is hobbled by sluggish direction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Amenta
Marco Amenta (Palermo, 11 August 1970) is an Italian Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and photojournalist. Biography After attending the Liceo Classico Umberto I in Palermo, Amenta started his career at ''Il Giornale di Sicilia'' as a photojournalist. In 1992 he moved to Paris where he obtained the academic degree, Degree in Cinematography from the University Paris 8 and where worked for agencies and magazines, making many short films in film. During the war in ex-Yugoslavia he filmed the documentary ''Born in Bosnia'' for French TV, presented at the festival "Palermocinema" and another documentary in Cuba, ''Lettre de Cuba'', winner of the French "Rouletabille" for young filmmakers. In 1995 he produced and directed the documentary film ''Diary of a Sicilian Rebel'', official selection (out of competition) at the "54th Venice Film Festival." The film won 21 international Film awards, awards, including 1st prize International Festival "50th Prix Italia" - 1st pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |