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Genres:

Drama | World Cinema

Languages:

Italian

Reviews:

1 reviews

Format:

DVD

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Director

Emanuele Crialese

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excellent movie

Dominick from Dublin, 13 Jun 2007

I really enjoyed this movie. The story line was very interest and kept you interested from start to finish. It’s about a beautiful Sicilian woman who basically doesn’t fit the stereo type of a good Sicilian lady. I got the impression she didn’t fit in with the community she lived in as she longed for freedom and life and that she felt trapped in this small community. Like a bird in cage!! The story brings you around a small fish Village in Sicily and introduces you to her family and community.

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A close-knit community in the south-west of Sicily has been unchanged for centuries. Here, husbands go to sea and wives work packing fish while their children play among the cliffs. It's a way of life that is ingrained and which does not allow change. Grazia (Golino), the wife of a local fisherman and mother to his three children, is easy going, affectionate and free-spirited. Her unconventional attitude to life causes consternation amongst her elders and brings scorn...

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