WICIP: The Macaluso Sisters + The Moor

The Story

The story of Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella, five sisters of different ages born in Palermo and raised in an apartment on the top floor of a decaying building. Just as their apartment shows signs of aging, the five women too are shown as little girls, as mature women and then as elderly women. A human story based on feelings, resentment, choices.

Screens with short film The Moor, the true story of Alessandro de’ Medici, the secret son of Pope Clement VII and a woman of African descent who becomes the first Duke of Florence but struggles to win the acceptance of his family.

Rating

CTC

Language

Italian (English subtitles)

Cast

Alissa Maria Orlando, Susanna Piraino, Anita Pomario, Eleonora De Luca, Donatella Finocchiaro

Director

Emma Dante