Marianna Ucrìa
Aug 13 1997
•2h 48m
•Drama
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.
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Emmanuelle Laborit
Marianna Ucrìa
Roberto Herlitzka
Duke Pietro
Laura Morante
Maria
Laura Betti
Giuseppa
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