Sisterhood is strength, acclaimed
Italian playwright and theatre director Emma Dante said in
presenting her latest film, 'Le Sorelle Macaluso', at the 77th
edition of the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
The film, which is among four Italian offerings vying for the
Golden Lion, is a tale of love, death and family ties among five
sisters in a high-rise flat on the outskirts of Palermo, seen in
childhood, adulthood and old age.
"Sisterhood takes me back to my childhood, it makes me think of
all the women that are able to be supportive and happy if one of
them is successful, it makes me think about women warriors and
conquests and then about love, the ties that bind, and the
strength you get when you are together rather than alone, and
finally about freedom," said Dante, 53, who is form Palermo
herself.
The Macaluso Sisters is taken from her play of the same name,
which won Italy's prestigious Ubu Prize.
"The film adds to the story of these five sisters seen
throughout their life another body, another protagonist: the
home, the centre of everything, of fights, links, memories, and
death," said Dante.
"The home, our centre together with the family, the mirror to
everything".
Dante, also a stage actress, wrote, directed and starred in the
2013 film A Street in Palermo, which gained a positive critical
response.
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