L'amore di Màrja (2004)
In the '70s, young Màrja leads a hippie lifestyle in Finland. During a peace march, she meets Fortunato, a young Sicilian, and falls in love with him. They marry and start a family, happily raising two daughters. However, times become hard and Fortunato suggests they move to his old town, where he can find work easily. Màrja accepts, but she'll have to clash with a close-minded and malicious environment as a foreigner in Southern Italy.
Director:
Anne Riitta Ciccone
Writer:
Anne Riitta Ciccone
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Laura Malmivaara as Màrja |
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Vincenzo Peluso as Fortunato |
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Veronica Visentin as Alice |
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Sara Filazzola Hartmann as Sonia |
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Tiziana Lodato as Aunt Sonia |
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Erika Lepistö as Alice as a child |
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Annika Lepistö as Sonia as a child |
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Giovanni Pellegrino as |
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Marja-Leena Kouki as Finnish grandma |
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Elio Crifò as |
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Carmen Panarello as |
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David Coco as Alessio |
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Maurizio Marchetti as Sicilian grandpa |
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Nino Frassica as Man at the bar |
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Lucia Sardo as Sicilian grandma |
| Directing | Beatrice Banfi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alessandro Cassigoli | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Raimondo Esposito | Line Producer |
| Writing | Anne Riitta Ciccone | Screenplay |
| Camera | Franco Bruni | Camera Operator |
| Production | Ezio Orita | Production Manager |
| Art | Barbara Kreisl | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Anne Riitta Ciccone | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Anne Riitta Ciccone | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lia Francesca Morandini | Costume Design |
| Sound | Andrea Petrucci | Sound |
| Directing | Anne Riitta Ciccone | Director |
| Art | Marco Dentici | Production Design |
| Sound | Giovanni Renzo | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Franco Di Giacomo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Letizia Caudullo | Editor |
| Production | Francesco Torelli | Producer |