Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Sicily! (1999)
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.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, imdb.f-rated, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.territory-name-in-title, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.sicily, imdb.brechtian + 31 more, imdb.man, imdb.the-past, imdb.childhood, imdb.island, imdb.15-years-later, imdb.haunted-by-past, imdb.sicilian, imdb.minimalist-movie, imdb.in-search-of-our-roots, imdb.sicilian-american, imdb.train-journey, imdb.slow-cinema, imdb.hills, imdb.sicilian-woman, imdb.search-for-meaning, imdb.black-and-white-movie, imdb.returning-to-childhood-home, imdb.landscapes, imdb.expatriate, imdb.portraits, imdb.past, imdb.existential-poetry, imdb.monologue-on-film, imdb.port, imdb.identity, imdb.sicilian-dialect, imdb.male-protagonist, imdb.return-home, imdb.self-discovery, imdb.journey, imdb.mother-son-relationship
Watch Providers: Fandor
Production Companies: Straub-Huillet, Pierre Grise Productions, Alia Film, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Saarländischer Rundfunk + 4 more, HR, Degeto Film, CNC, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Country: Italy
Production Countries:
Germany,
France,
Italy
Languages:
Italian
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66 min
May 19, 1999
Released
NR