Baaria(2009)
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
Movie: Baaria
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Peppino
Mannina
Tana
Sarina adulta
Sarina
Nino Terranuova
Luigi Scalia
Ciccio Terranuova
Pietro da Ragazzo
don Giacinto
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