Saturday, July 31, 2010
Movie: *THE SICILIAN GIRL* Based on the Book *ONE GIRL AGAINST THE MAFIA*
Reflects back on the Mafia, when they first were guerillas against oppressive foreign forces, and later when they exacted retribution against rapacious and greedy Landlords.
*THE SICILIAN GIRL*
DIRECTED BY MARCO AMENTA
Based on the true story of Rita Atria and Judge Paolo Borsellino. *ONE GIRL AGAINST THE MAFIA*, a documentary by Marco Amenta, played in 2002 at Film Forum. *THE SICILIAN GIRL* is his dramatic retelling of Rita Atria?s story: how a 17-year-old Sicilian whose father and brother were both Mafia members (and victims) breaks the vow of silence that enshrouds that world, and gives evidence to famed anti-Mafia judge Borsellino.
Drawing upon Rita?s extensive diaries, the filmmaker tells her story, beginning in Sicily in 1985. A small child experiences her beloved father as a respected member of the community,a man to whom neighbors turn for help when a rapacious landlord orders their eviction. Soon after, he?s shot dead in the sun-drenched village square as his daughter looks on. Six years later, her brother is murdered. In court,Rita?s words are denounced as "the ravings of a fanatical adolescent bent on revenge." But are they?
*ITALY ? 2008 ? 110 MINS. ? IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ? MUSIC BOX FILMS*
http://www.filmforum.org/films/sicilian.html
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