The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Set in the late 1960s, the film explores the issues of immigration, community values and family devotion through the eyes of a young girl, Lucia, who is left behind with her grandmother while her parents emigrate to France to find work. Lucia pains to be with her family as she struggles to learn her role in the tiny, traditional village under the watchful guidance of her stern grandmother.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Catena FiorelloScreenplay
- Paolo LicataScreenplay
- Paolo LicataDirector
- Pericle OdiernaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tania BambaciCettina
- Lucia SardoNonna Maria
- Ileana RiganòZia Pina
- Katia GrecoRosmaria
- Nicoletta CifarielloNatalina
- Gerlando GramagliaFruttivendolo
- Claudio CollovàZio Saro
- Valentina FerranteAssunta
- Loredana MarinoZia Franca
- Marta CastigliaLucia bambina
- Maurizio NicolosiAldo
- Viktorie IgnotoTurista
Stills
Themes
grandparent grandchild relationshipsicily, italy