Sicilian Ghost Story
First screened in October 2017
Directors: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. Cast: Julia Jedlikowska, Gaetano Fernandez, Corinne Musallari, Vincenzo Amato, Sabine Timoteo, Andrea Falzone, Federico Finocchiaro, Lorenzo Curcio, Filippo Luna, Baldassare Tre Re, Rosario Terranova, Gabriele Falsetta, Dino Santoro, Vincenzo Crivello, Antonio Prester. Screenplay: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (based on the story "Un cavaliere blanco" by Marco Mancassola). Twitter Capsule:
Starts in a heightened, folkloric style, overdone but unique. Steadily more mismanaged in look, sound, story.
VOR:③
I disliked the film but cannot deny its ambitions of deploying the camera, soundtrack, and story structure in unusual ways. A failure, but a noble one.