2010
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 55 m

2010
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 55 m

Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Marco Amenta

Written By: Sergio Donati, Gianni Romoli, Marco Amenta

2010
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 55 m

2010
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 55 m

The Sicilian Girl

Name: The Sicilian Girl
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2010-08-04
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Rating: 48
Cast: Veronica D'Agostino, Gérard Jugnot, Marcello Mazzarella, Mario Pupella, Francesco Casisa

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Marco Amenta

Written By: Sergio Donati, Gianni Romoli, Marco Amenta

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The A.V. Club

She was simultaneously a pariah and a marked woman, and Amenta respectfully honors her quixotic, deeply lonely quest for justice.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Imagine if the "Godfather" saga had been told from the point of view of Talia Shire's character. The perspective of a don's daughter could produce a compelling movie, but The Sicilian Girl isn't it.

By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

Ends with a curious whimper instead of the bang it has been pointing toward; the filmmaker's reverence for his heroine seems to bind his hands.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Despite strong performances by Gerard Jugnot as the crime-busting prosecutor and Veronica D'Agostino as the adult Rita, The Sicilian Girl never lives up to its potential.

By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

The facts are more gripping than the filmmaking in Marco Amenta's routine docudrama about tenacious teen informer Rita Atria.

By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW

Time Out

You get the "girl," but little else; even as a tribute to one woman's determination, this semibiopic screams botched opportunity

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Belonging more in the realm of tragic melodrama than true crime, The Sicilian Girl is hobbled by sluggish direction (by Marco Amenta, who previously addressed Atria's story in his 1997 documentary, "One Girl Against the Mafia: Diary of a Sicilian Rebel"), and a revulsion to nuance.

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Production Company R&C Produzioni, Eurofilm, Roissy Films, Rai Cinema, Studio 37, Malec Productions, Cité Films, Mediterranea Film, Canal+, TPS Star, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Assessorato ai Beni Culturali della Regione Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali Ambientali e dell Educazione Permanentente, Sicilia Film Commission, Media

Release Date Aug 4, 2010

Duration 1 h 55 m

Rating Not Rated

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

Website http://www.lasicilianaribelle.it/

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Awards

Bastia Italian Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

David di Donatello Awards

• 2 Nominations

Bimbi Belli Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Veronica D'Agostino

Rita

Gérard Jugnot

Judge

Marcello Mazzarella

Don Michele

Mario Pupella

Don Salvo

Francesco Casisa

Vito

Lucia Sardo

Don Michele's wife

Carmelo Galati

Carmelo Mancuso

Roberto Bonura

Tano

Lollo Franco

Campisi

Primo Reggiani

Lorenzo

Paolo Briguglia

Bruni

Lorenzo Rosone

Vito bambino

Filomena Salerno

Teresa

Giusi Cataldo

Moglie del guidice

Giuseppe La Licata

Presidente del tribunare

Manuela Mulé

Pubblico ministero

Paolo La Bruna

Avvocato 1

Mario Bellevista

Avvocato 2

Andrea Campisi

Agente de protezione 1

Ivo Micioni

Agente de protezione 2

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