Sicily!

Sicily!

1999 · 66 min · IT · 6.5 (24 votes)
Dir. Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet · Starring Gianni Buscarino, Vittorio Vigneri, Angela Nugara, Carmelo Maddio, Angela Durantini, Simone Nucatola
Drama

A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.

VIBE

A sun-drenched, yet introspective journey. It feels like wandering through memory, punctuated by languid conversations and the quiet hum of Sicilian life. A film to get lost in, slowly absorbing its atmosphere.

melancholiccontemplativewistfulnostalgicslow-burnarthousedialogue-drivenEuropean cinemalyricalidentityhomecomingmemoryculture
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