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Overview

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6.8/10   279 votes
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Director:
Giuseppe Tornatore
Writer:
Giuseppe Tornatore (story)
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Release Date:
2009 (Czech Republic) more
Plot:
Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Once Upon a Time in Sicily more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Francesco Scianna ... Peppino Torrenuova
Margareth Madè ... Mannina

Raoul Bova ... Roman journalist
Giorgio Faletti ... Corteccia
Leo Gullotta ... Liborio
Nicole Grimaudo ... Sarina as a girl
Gabriele Lavia ... Teacher
Ángela Molina ... Sarina

Enrico Lo Verso ... Minicu
Nino Frassica ... Giacomo Bartolotta
Aldo ... Speculator (as Aldo Baglio)
Ficarra ... Nino (as Salvatore Ficarra)
Picone ... Luigi (as Valentino Picone)
Marcello Mazzarella ... Podestà
Luigi Lo Cascio ... Beggard's son
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Additional Details

Runtime:
150 min
Country:
Italy | France
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Company:
Exon Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Sicilian town was reconstructed on a massive Tunisian set. more
Movie Connections:
References Mafioso (1962) more

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Once Upon a Time in Sicily, 29 October 2009
8/10
Author: tuco73 from London

This is Tornatore's biggest effort in trying to produce a great epic movie the way Sergio Leone could have done. But Tornatore's epic is mixed with his own personal memories and feelings rather than being a more detached study and portrait of an age and a specific place, circumstance that has made some people compare this movie with Fellini's Amarcord. Given the generous parallels, I believe this is a really good movie, I enjoyed every frame of it, but the sensation is that it could have been even better! This may be due to the fact he tries to say too many things at once and such things are not necessarily all that well linked together, resulting in a weak plot. Morricone does as usual a good work, but not a great one, as no theme was in my head at the end of the movie (while watching it I completely forgot he was the composer).

Anyway I really hope this movie will win some deserved awards as it is a great effort from a great master of cinema and, as Once Upon a Time in America, they both end with a laughter and leave the impression the whole story may be just a dream... this is ultimately what cinema is all about. 8/10

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