| Sicilia! | |
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| Directed by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
| Written by | Elio Vittorini |
| Starring | Gianni Buscarino |
| Cinematography | William Lubtchansky |
| Edited by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France Germany |
| Language | Italian |
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.[1]
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was included in the 37th New York Film Festival.[3]
- ^ "Sicilia!". Film at Lincoln Center. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Sicilia!". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ Stephen Holden (25 September 1999). "'Sicilia!': Talking to Mother, and Other Totems". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2022.