Summaries

In Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy, actor John Turturro takes audiences on a haunting, intimate journey to his maternal homeland of Sicily.

In Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy, actor John Turturro (Barton Fink, Do the Right Thing) takes audiences on a haunting, intimate journey to his maternal homeland of Sicily. There, while exploring the island's vanishing traditions, he is taken under the wing of one of the puppet theater's few remaining practitioners, Mimmo Cuticchio, who instructs him in the distinctively Sicilian art of puppetry.—First Run Features

Details

Keywords
  • journey
Genres
  • Drama
  • Documentary
Release date Sep 4, 2009
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Italy
Language Italian
Filming locations Aragona, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Production companies Esperia Film

Box office

Budget $1800000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 17m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Synopsis

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