Sicilia! (1999)

Directed by

Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 06m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man travels back to his birthplace in Sicily after living in New York. He meets various people and reflects on his past and the island's mood.

contemplativeslow-pacedstarkminimalistintrospectivegrittymeditative

What happens

Sicilia! (Italian: [siˈtʃiːlja]) is a 1999 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. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It was included in the 37th New York Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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