''Marianna Ucrìa'' is a 1997 Italian
drama film
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directed by
Roberto Faenza
Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943) is an Italian film director. Born in Turin in 1943, Faenza received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
Career
Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 ...
. It was entered into the
20th Moscow International Film Festival
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Jury
* Oleg Menshikov (Russia – President of the Jury)
* Georgi Dj ...
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Plot
In
Sicily
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, in the first half of the eighteenth century, the twelve-year-old Marianna Ucrìa was taken by her grandfather to watch a hanging, in the hope that the show could make her recover from silence. But all is in vain. Marianna does not speak and does not hear. She is thus induced by her mother to marry her uncle Pietro and, when she reaches sixteen, she has already given birth to three children. Having become a young woman, she welcomes the visit of Grass, a French instructor who initiates her to sign language and introduces her to the
Enlightenment philosophical ideas that move around Europe. When her husband dies, Marianna finds herself having to manage her life and relationships with others. She thus demonstrates that she has acquired a strong personality that allows her to govern relationships with easement and an important romantic relationship with the brother of her servant Fila. By now a mature and conscious woman, Marianna is able to understand the terrible secret that had been hidden to her: her silence came from the trauma caused by the sexual violence suffered by her uncle Pietro.
Cast
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Emmanuelle Laborit as Marianna Ucrìa
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Bernard Giraudeau as Grass
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Laura Morante
Laura Morante (born 21 August 1956) is an Italian film actress.
Life and career
Morante was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto ( Tuscany), the daughter of lawyer and playwright Marcello Morante, who was the son of Irma (née Poggibonsi) ...
as Maria
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Philippe Noiret as Duke Signoretto, grandfather of Marianna
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Laura Betti as Giuseppa
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Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer.
Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, ...
as Pretore Camaleo
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Lorenzo Crespi as Saro
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Roberto Herlitzka
Roberto Herlitzka (born 2 October 1937) is an Italian theatre and film actor of Czechoslovak descent. He has appeared in 38 films since 1973. He was born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. In 2004 he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor ...
as Duke Pietro
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Silvana Gasparini as Fiammetta
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Eva Grieco as Marianna when child
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Selvaggia Quattrini as Fila
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Pamela Saino
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*''Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'', a novel written by Samuel Richardson in 1740
*Pamela (name), a given name and, rarely, a surname
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as Giuseppa when child
Reception
The film opened in Italy on 39 screens and grossed $155,893 for the weekend, placing tenth at the box office.
After four weeks it had grossed $779,270.
See also
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List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing
References
External links
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1997 films
1997 drama films
Italian drama films
1990s Italian-language films
Incest in film
Films directed by Roberto Faenza
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Films set in the 18th century
1990s Italian films
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