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ORIGINAL TITLE

Storia di una capinera

YEAR

1993

RUNNING TIME

106 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Franco Zeffirelli

SCREENWRITER

Franco Zeffirelli, Allan Baker (Novel: Giovanni Verga)

COMPOSER

Claudio Capponi, Alessio Vlad

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Giantito Burchiellaro

CAST

Angela Bettis, Johnathon Schaech, Eva Alexander, Andrea Cassar, John Castle, Valentina Cortese, Sinéad Cusack, Frank Finlay, Mia Fothergill, Pat Heywood, Janet Maw, Denis Quilley, Vanessa Redgrave, Annabel Ryan, Gareth Thomas, Sheherazade Ventura, Donald Hodson

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Co-production Italy-Japan; Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica / Officina Cinematografica / Nippon Film Development and Finance

AWARDS

1993: David di Donatello Awards: Best Costume Design. 2 nominations

GENRE

Drama | Religion. The 19th Century

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Catania, Sicilia 1864. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters prevent Maria to live the normal life of a teenager. In their minds Maria is the promised "bride of God" and a regular life for her is inappropriate. Nino, her handsome neighbor, falls in love for Maria who isn't indifferent to him. But when Maria comes back to her convent the way to become nun is compelled. Now Maria can understand Sister Agata, and realizes she became mad cause a lost and impossible love like the one between Maria and Nino.

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