Drama · France · 2008 · 1h 53m

The Sicilian Girl

La siciliana ribelle

Director

Cast

Veronica D'Agostino as Rita Mancuso Marcello Mazzarella as Don Michele Gérard Jugnot as Giudice Borselli Francesco Casisa as Vito Paolo Briguglia as Maresciallo Bruni Mario Pupella as Don Salvo Rimi

Crew

Luca Bigazzi — Director of Photography Mirco Garrone — Editor Sergio Donati — Writer Marco Amenta — Writer Gianni Romoli — Writer Simonetta Amenta — Producer

Tagline

What would drive a seventeen-year-old girl to betray her family? And if that family was the mafia?

Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators

Marco Amenta Director Luca Bigazzi Director of Photography Mirco Garrone Editor Sergio Donati Writer Marco Amenta Writer Gianni Romoli Writer Simonetta Amenta Producer Tilde Corsi Producer Gianni Romoli Producer Marcello Di Carlo Production Design Cristina Francioni Costume Design

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