Sicilia!

Sicilia! (Italian: [siˈtʃiːlja]) is a 1998 Italian black-and-white film directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. Sicilia! follows a man returning to visit his native Sicily, after living in New York City for many years. The film is an adaptation of Elio Vittorini's anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, which was first published in 1941.

Sicilia!
Directed byDanièle Huillet
Jean-Marie Straub
Written byElio Vittorini
StarringGianni Buscarino
CinematographyWilliam Lubtchansky
Edited byDanièle Huillet
Jean-Marie Straub
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
66 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
Germany
LanguageItalian

Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa's documentary on Straub and Huillet, Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (alternately translated into English as Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? or Where Lies Your Hidden Smile?), was filmed while they were editing Sicilia!.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was included in the 37th New York Film Festival.[2]

Cast
  • Gianni Buscarino as the son
  • Angela Nugara as the mother
  • Vittorio Vigneri as the knife-grinder
  • Carmelo Maddio as the orange-seller
  • Ignazio Trombello as policeman
  • Simone Nucatola as policeman
  • Giovanni Interlandi as the traveler
  • Mario Baschieri
  • Giuseppe Bonta

Reception

In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics poll, Sicilia! received 7 votes and appeared at number 235.[3]

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Sicilia!". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  2. Stephen Holden (25 September 1999). "'Sicilia!': Talking to Mother, and Other Totems". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. "Votes for SICILIA! (1998)". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 April 2022.


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