The Sicilian Girl backdrop

The Sicilian Girl 2008 Directed by Marco Amenta La siciliana ribelle

What would drive a seventeen-year-old girl to betray her family? And if that family was the mafia?

Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the first time that such a young woman from a Mafia family rebels and betrays the Mafia. From that moment on, Rita's days are numbered. She only has nine months to live...

Country Italy
Production Countries France , Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Language Italian
Gnere Drama
Production Companies RAI , R&C Produzioni , Roissy Films , Eurofilm
Release Date 31 December 2008
113 mins
Cast
Veronica D'Agostino Rita Mancuso
Gérard Jugnot Giudice Borselli
Paolo Briguglia Maresciallo Bruni
Mario Pupella Don Salvo Rimi
Lucia Sardo La madre di Rita
Lollo Franco Maresciallo Campisi
Manuela Mulé Piemme Parsi
Carmelo Galati Carmelo Mancuso
Paolo La Bruna Avvocato #1
Miriana Faja Rita da piccola
Lorenzo Rosone Vito da piccolo