SICILIAN GHOST STORY (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Julia Jedlikowska (film debut), Gaetano Fernandez (film debut), Corinne Musallari (film debut), Andrea Falzone (film debut), Federico Finocchiaro (film debut), Lorenzo Curcio (film debut), Vincenzo Amato (Unbroken), Sabine Timoteo (Drift), Filippo Luna (The Sea Purple), Baldassare Tre Re (film debut), Rosario Terranova (Buona Giornata), Gabriele Falsetta (Hello Stranger), Vincenzo Crivello (Blood of the Losers), Corrado Santoro (Night Bus), Antonio Prester (Life Is Beautiful)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (Salvo), directors, writers; Carlotta Calori (Youth), Francesca Cima (The Great Beauty), Massimo Cristaldi (Hidden Love) and Nicola Giuliano (This Must Be The Place), producers; Anton Spielman (film debut), composer; Luca Bigazzi (The Jewel), cinematographer; Cristiano Travaglioli (Il Divo), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In a small Sicilian village, thirteen-year-old Giuseppe (Fernandez) suddenly goes missing. Luna (Jedlikowska), his determined girlfriend, refuses to accept his disappearance and sets out to find him, entering a dark and mysterious world which has swallowed him up, and using her love for him to guide her…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This is a strange but sweet tale of young love in a fairy tale story that is very much grounded in harsh reality, making it something that the Brothers Grimm would be proud of.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018

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