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)