Bibliograph

Sicilia!, Pierre Grise Productions ; Centre National de la Cinématographie ; Alia Film ; Istituto Luce ; written by Elio Vittorini, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub ; directed by Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet. Where does your hidden smile lie?

Type

Label

Sicilia!, Pierre Grise Productions ; Centre National de la Cinématographie ; Alia Film ; Istituto Luce ; written by Elio Vittorini, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub ; directed by Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet. Where does your hidden smile lie?

Language

ita

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Sicilia!

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1240182212

Responsibility statement

Pierre Grise Productions ; Centre National de la Cinématographie ; Alia Film ; Istituto Luce ; written by Elio Vittorini, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub ; directed by Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet. Where does your hidden smile lie?

Runtime

173

Summary

Something as simple as a herring roasting on a hearth, or a meal of bread, wine and winter melon, takes on the humble aura of a Caravaggio painting in this masterful film. A tragicomedy involving an orange peddler, an Italian recently returned from America, two 'stinky' police officers, a guilt-stricken landowner, a traveling knife sharpener and, perhaps most unforgettably, an indomitable peasant mother who reminisces about meals of snails and wild chicory, her husband's philandering and cowardice, and her own father's belief in an honest days labor, socialism, and St. Joseph

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification