A coming of age story of boy Turi and his younger sister Teresa on an island off the coast of Sicily.
Social & External
The people behind it
Veronica Guarrasi
Teresa
Ignazio Ernandes
Turi
Marcello Mazzarella
The Father
Erri De Luca
The Mechanic
Anna Ernandes
The Grandmother
Francesco Vasile
Leonardo
Ilary De Ioannon
Margherita
Anna Rita Mazzara
La madre
Saverino Campo
Santamaria
Maurizio Guarrasi
Cosimo 1
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