

108 minutes
8/13/1997
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.

Emmanuelle Laborit
as Marianna Ucrìa

Roberto Herlitzka
as Duke Pietro

Laura Morante
as Maria

Laura Betti
as Giuseppa

Bernard Giraudeau
as Grass

Leopoldo Trieste
as Judge Camaleo

Lorenzo Crespi
as Saro

Selvaggia Quattrini
as Fila

Eva Grieco
as Marianna as a child

Carla Calò

Massimo De Lorenzo
Anna Lelio

Olivia Magnani
as Peppinedda

Matilde Piana

Philippe Noiret
as Duke Signoretto

Enzo Marino Bellanich
Giuseppe Bennardo
Jadi Carboni
Maria Cocuzza

Vincenzo Crivello
Olivia Dalric

Francesca Fenati

Irene Ferri

Giacinto Ferro

Claudia Fiorentini
Giulia Floridi
Silvana Gasparini
as Fiammetta
Ilario Grieco
Maurizio Marsala
Stefania Marsala
Floriana Marino
as Young nun
Nadia Messoriano
Giuseppe Moretti
Giorgio Nicoletti

Linda Prester
Barbara Rizzo

Pamela Saino
Giovanni Salvo
Romina Santangelo
Nicole Sofia Diaz

Chantal Ughi

Raffaele Vannoli

Vittorio Di Prima
as Duke Signoretto (voice)

Roberto Pedicini
as Grass (voice)