Baaria (15)
- Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and one scene of strong violence
- Run time: 2 hours 31 mins
- Language: Italian
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 23rd July 2010
- Starring: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Made, Raoul Bova
- Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
- Distributor: E1 Films (Contender)
Plot Synopsis
The film recounts life in the Sicilian town of Baarìa, from the 1920s to the 1980s, through the eyes of lovers Peppino (Francesco Scianna) and Mannina (Margareth Madè). A Sicilian family depicted across three generations: from Cicco to his son Peppino to his grandson Pietro… Touching lightly upon the private lives of these characters and their families, the film evokes the loves, dreams and disappointments of an entire community in the province of Palermo over five decades: during the Fascist period, Cicco is a humble shepherd who, however, finds time to pursue his passion: books, epic poems, the great popular romance novels. In the days when people go hungry and during World War II, his son Peppino witnesses injustice by mafiosi and landowners, and becomes a communist. After the war, he encounters the woman of his life. Her family opposes the relationship because of his political ideas, but the two insist and get married, and have children.