Disappointing psychological fantasy tale interwoven into a deeply disturbing (real case) kidnapping of a 13 year-old boy.
Young love blossoms as 13 year old Luna (Julia Jedlikowska) fantasises about her friendship with classmate Guiseppe (Gaetano Fernandez). His sudden disappearance from their Sicilian village appears to attract little attention from the authorities or the school. Rebelling against the silence and complicity, Luna descends deep into her own dark imagination.
Directed by Fabia Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, Sicilian Ghost Story blurs its genres resulting in an unresolved double narrative uncertain in what direction it should take. Pan’s Labyrinth it is not – Luna’s fertive imagination is only half-baked, Guiseppe’s tragic kidnapping and murder by the Sicilian mafia misrepresented and disrespected.
Rating: 40%
Director: Fabia Grassadonia (Salvo), Antonio Piazza (Salvo)
Writer: Fabia Grassadonia (Salvo), Antonio Piazza (Salvo)
Main cast: Julia Jedlikowska, Gaetano Fernandez, Vincenzo Amato (Unbroken: Path to Redemption, Respiro), Sabine Timoteo (The Chronicles of Melanie, A Forgotten Man)
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