The Sicilian Girl (2008)
La siciliana ribelle
What would drive a seventeen-year-old girl to betray her family? And if that family was the mafia?
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino 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. She only has nine months to live...
- Date of release
- 2008-12-31
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (52)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Marco Amenta
Casting
- Veronica D'Agostino — Rita Mancuso
- Marcello Mazzarella — Don Michele
- Gérard Jugnot — Giudice Borselli
- Francesco Casisa — Vito
- Paolo Briguglia — Maresciallo Bruni
- Mario Pupella — Don Salvo Rimi
- Giulia Andò — Paola
- Robarto Bonura — Tano
- Lucia Sardo — La madre di Rita
- Primo Reggiani — Lorenzo
- Lollo Franco — Maresciallo Campisi
- Giusi Cataldo — Anna
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Palermo
The Sicilian Girl is a 2008 Italian film directed by Marco Amenta. The film is inspired by the story of Rita Atria, a key witness in a major Mafia investigation in Sicily.
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