The Sicilian Girl

The Sicilian Girl

What would drive a seventeen-year-old girl to betray her family? And if that family was the mafia?

Directed by Marco Amenta

Produced by R&C Produzioni, Eurofilm

2008113 min6.2 / 10

A tragic true-crime drama about a teenage girl's courageous but doomed act of defiance against the mafia, suffused with dread and moral weight.

Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the first time that such a young woman from a Mafia family rebels and betrays the Mafia. From that moment on, Rita's days are numbered. She only has nine months to live...

Questions people ask

  • Is The Sicilian Girl sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Sicilian Girl scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does The Sicilian Girl end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is The Sicilian Girl easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Sicilian Girl violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity38

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Sicilian Girl, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Sicilian Girl, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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