Italian Drama based on True Events:Teenage Girl breaks Mafia`s

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Itolian,,Drama Base,i,dop True Events - Teenage Girl Breaks Mafia's Code of Silence
OpensSeptemberI0, 2AI0 at Nuart, Los Angeles
Music Box Films presents'TIIE
SICILIAN GIRL opening Sept
10, 2010 at Landmark's Nuart
Theatre in,Los Angeles for a one*:",
-*veek engagement.
THE SIGILIAN GIRL is a frctionalized:account based on the'r
life and journals of Rita Atria, the
determined 17-year-old daughter
of a slain mob boss. Too young
and poperless to take immediate
revenge, she began keeping ,
detailed notes of the crimes s[e ,
saw. [n 1991, during a period .
when .the Mafia ,was undsr
increasing p'ressure from the
Italian judicial system, Rita gives
evidence to famed anti-Mafia
judge Paolo Borsellino against
the "family business." Sicilian
native Veronica D'Agostino
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(Respiro) giv,e_Fa cornpellin$"'
per{ormance as tlie imperuous
hvroine" consqm.edby rage aad
grief. Gdrard Jugnot (The
Chorus) plays the thoughtful,
hard-nosed'chiefprosecutorof
Palermo,who has his handsfull
with the mercurial Rita. Both of
them are constantly at deadly
risk frorn the seemingly allpowerful mob. L,ikethe"recenthit
Gomorrah, this film shou's organized crime's pervasive grip on
the country,,but is told from a
more personalperspective.A
native of Sicily, writer/director
Marco Amentahasdirectedseveral documentaries about the
Sicilian Mafia. THE SICILIAN
GIRL premigred in San
Franciscoat New Italian Cinema
"''--1"
2009.
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(Four Stars)l An enliCht€niog tbctua! and atmospheric
account of large-scaie corruption
and individual courage - Sunday
Times (Aushalia)
"*'rx* (Four Stars)! Highly
recommended. Engrossing. As
entertaining as any Hollywood
Thriller." - The Dominion Post
fNew Zealand)
Read the story on director
Marco Amenta on indieWIRE:
http ://www. indiewire.com/article/futuresJhe_sicilian*girl
dire
ctor_marco_amenta/p em
The film's running time is 110
rtinurtes; it is not rated. ln
Italian; firlly subtitledin English.
L a n d m a r k ' sN u a r t T h e a t r e ,
11272 SantaMonica Boulevard,
W e s t L o s A n g e l e s( 3 l 0 ) 2 8 1 8223.
Ticketsare $10.00for general
admissionand $8.00for seniors,
students,andchildren.
Showtimes:Fri- Sun at 12:00,
2:30,5:00,7:30 & 10:00;MonT h ua t : 1 2 : 0 0 , 2 : 3 0 , 5 : 1 0 , 7 3
&0
9:50.
Advanced tickets available at:
http;//www.landmarktheatres.co
m/tickets and at theatrebox offices.
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