Sicilian Ghost Story
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Antonio Piazza
Antonio Piazza
- 18 May 2017 (Cannes)
- 18 May 2017 (Italy)
| Sicilian Ghost Story | |
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| Directed by | Fabio Grassadonia Antonio Piazza |
| Written by | Fabio Grassadonia Antonio Piazza |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Sicilian Ghost Story is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. It is based on the short story "The White Knight" published in We Won't Be Confused Forever by Marco Mancassola[1][2] and was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]
In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his classmate who loves him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. She rebels against the silence and complicity that surround her, and to find him she descends into the dark world which has swallowed him up and which has a lake as its mysterious entrance. Only their indestructible love will be able to bring her back alive.
Production
The film is inspired by true events and takes place in the 1990s in Sicily. It is dedicated to the memory of Giuseppe Di Matteo, abducted in 1996 and then brutally killed on orders of Sicilian Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca in order to silence his father, a cooperating witness.[5][6]
