In 18th-century Sicily, deaf-mute highborn Marianna Ucrìa is forced to marry at age 13, bearing three children before even turning 16, when she finally gives birth to a boy. Despite everything, she'll find a way to emancipate herself from the oppressive social conventions of the time.
Cast
Emmanuelle Laborit
Marianna Ucrìa
Roberto Herlitzka
Duke Pietro
Laura Morante
Maria
Laura Betti
Giuseppa
Bernard Giraudeau
Grass
Leopoldo Trieste
Judge Camaleo
Lorenzo Crespi
Saro
Selvaggia Quattrini
Fila
Eva Grieco
Marianna as a child
Carla Calò
Unknown
Massimo De Lorenzo
Unknown
Anna Lelio
Unknown
Olivia Magnani
Peppinedda
Matilde Piana
Unknown
Philippe Noiret
Duke Signoretto
Enzo Marino Bellanich
Unknown
Giuseppe Bennardo
Unknown
Jadi Carboni
Unknown
Maria Cocuzza
Unknown
Vincenzo Crivello
Unknown
Olivia Dalric
Unknown
Francesca Fenati
Unknown
Irene Ferri
Unknown
Giacinto Ferro
Unknown
Claudia Fiorentini
Unknown
Giulia Floridi
Unknown
Silvana Gasparini
Fiammetta
Ilario Grieco
Unknown
Maurizio Marsala
Unknown
Stefania Marsala
Unknown
Floriana Marino
Young nun
Nadia Messoriano
Unknown
Giuseppe Moretti
Unknown
Giorgio Nicoletti
Unknown
Linda Prester
Unknown
Barbara Rizzo
Unknown
Pamela Saino
Unknown
Giovanni Salvo
Unknown
Romina Santangelo
Unknown
Nicole Sofia Diaz
Unknown
Chantal Ughi
Unknown
Raffaele Vannoli
Unknown
Vittorio Di Prima
Duke Signoretto (voice)
Roberto Pedicini
Grass (voice)
Crew
Roberto Faenza
Director, Screenplay, Story
Sandro Petraglia
Screenplay, Story
Dacia Maraini
Novel
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Rita Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Carlo D'Alessandro
Assistant Editor
Alessandra Malvestito
Assistant Editor
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
Color Grading
Gianni Arduini
First Assistant Director
Gabriele Polverosi
First Assistant Director
Filippo Macelloni
Second Assistant Director
Stefano Alpini
Second Assistant Director
Franco Chillemi
Second Assistant Director
Enrico De Bernart
Second Assistant Director
Ljerka Rusić
Production Supervisor
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Producer
Rita Rusić
Producer
Maurizio Pastrovich
Line Producer
Danilo Donati
Production Design, Costume Design, Set Decoration
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Salvatore Bognanni
Assistant Camera
Renaud Chassaing
Assistant Camera
Dominique Lefèvre
Post Production Supervisor
Monica Verzolini
Post Production Supervisor
Shaila Rubin
Casting
Alessandra Torella
Assistant Costume Designer
Emanuele Zito
Assistant Costume Designer
Raoul Settimelli
Costume Consultant
Giusy Bovino
Hair Department Head
Maurizio Lupi
Hairdresser
Teodora Bruno
Hairdresser
Massimo De Rossi
Makeup Department Head
Denise Houssard
Makeup Department Head
Renato Francola
Makeup Artist
Alessandra Perpignani
Sound Editor
Mario Frezza
Sound Mixer
Alessandro Checcacci
Sound Mixer
Bernard Bats
Sound
Pierre-Yves Bruneel
Boom Operator
Franco Casagni
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Franco Piersanti
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
Anna Cenciarelli
Production Accountant
Ghislaine Johnston
Production Accountant
Franco Fogagnolo
Production Accountant
Paolo Cameli
Painter
Luigi Urbani
Set Decoration
Gianfranco Salis
Still Photographer
Davide Marengo
BTS Footage
Cinzia Liberati
Script Supervisor
Gianni Felici
Property Master
Bruno Lenzi
Property Master
Claudio Di Gregorio
Property Master
Mauro Nati
Property Master
Edoardo Di Iorio
Assistant Production Design
Alberto Ciolfi
Decorator
Emanuela Altrieri
Decorator
Paola Mugnai
Decorator
Angelo Marsano
Decorator
Remo Sperati
Decorator
Barbara Terzino
Decorator
Fabrizio Spadoni
Key Grip
Alberico Novelli
Gaffer
Jean Dalric
Production Manager
Chantal Perrin
Production Manager
T. David Pash
Production Manager
Andrea Mattei
Unit Production Manager
Remo Chiappa
Unit Production Manager
Elisa Di Serio
Seamstress
Simona Mattei
Seamstress
Alma Barbieri
Seamstress
Monia Carraretto
Seamstress
Lina Dittamo
Seamstress
Angela Anzimani
Seamstress
Elda Ferri
Delegated Producer
Stefano Cialoni
Delegated Producer
Francesca Ungaro
Publicist
Maurizio Sabatini
Art Direction
Mandella Quilici
Production Secretary
Maria Grazia Pasini
Production Secretary
Apsita Berthelot-Cissé
Production Secretary
Costantino Valente
Production Secretary
