Top 10 Top 10 Films Set in Sicily
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1. La Terra Trema
Visconti’s 1948 adaptation of Verga’s I Malavoglia , the story of a fisherman’s failed dream of independence.
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2. Divorzio all’Italiana
Pietro Germi’s 1961 comedy has Marcello Mastroianni as a Sicilian aristocrat seeking a divorce when divorce in Italy was not legal.
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3. A Ciascuno il Suo
Adapted from a Sciascia novel, a look into the Mafia and life in 1960s Sicily, directed by Elio Petri in 1967.
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4. Il Gattopardo
Luchino Visconti’s 1968 film version of Lampedusa’s novel stars Burt Lancaster.
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5. Giorno della Civetta
A 1968 Mafia murder thriller adapted from Sciascia’s novel The Day of the Owl .
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6. The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 Mafia classic with Marlon Brando as the Don Corleone.
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7. Cento Giorni a Palermo
Giuseppe Ferrara’s 1983 film documents the story of policeman Carlo Alberto Della Chiesa, murdered by the Mafia after just 100 days on the job.
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8. Kaos
A 1984 film adaptation of four Pirandello stories.
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9. Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 Academy Award-winning film takes a romantic look at growing up in a remote village.
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10. Il Postino
The life of a Sicilian fisherman-cum-postman is turned around through his friendship with the Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda (1994).
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