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Director
  
Franco Zeffirelli

Duration
  

Language
  
Italian

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Country
  
Italy

Sparrow (1993 film) movie poster

Release date
  
14, October 1994 (United Kingdom)

Writer
  
Giovanni Verga (novel), Franco Zeffirelli (screenplay), Allan Baker (screenplay)

Music director
  
Claudio Capponi, Alessio Vlad

Screenplay
  
Franco Zeffirelli, Allan Baker

Cast
  
Angela Bettis
(Maria),
Johnathon Schaech
(Nino),
Eva Alexander
(Annetta),
Vanessa Redgrave
(Suor Agata),
Sinéad Cusack
(Matilde),
Valentina Cortese
(Madre Superiora)

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Sparrow (Italian: Storia di una capinera) is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli. It is an adaptation of Giovanni Verga's novel, Storia di una capinera and was filmed in Sicily in 1993. It stars Angela Bettis, and premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 1993.

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Plot synopsis

In cholera-ridden Sicily of 1854, Maria, a future nun is evacuated from her convent home in Catania to her father's Mount Etna shadowed villa. During her stay she falls in love with Nino, a family friend. But things fall apart when Catania is declared safe for her to return to, meaning she must renounce her love and concentrate on serving God.

Cast

  • Angela Bettis as Maria
  • Johnathon Schaech as Nino
  • Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Agata
  • Valentina Cortese as Mother Superior
  • Frank Finlay as Father Nunzio
  • Sinéad Cusack as Matilde
  • Denis Quilley as Baron Cesaro
  • Pat Heywood as Sister Teresa
  • Eva Alexander as Annetta
  • John Castle as Giuseppe
  • Gareth Thomas as Corrado
  • Andrea Cassar as Gigi

    • Awards and nominations

    The film was awarded and nominated for awards in Italy and Portugal.

    David di Donatello Awards

  • David Award for Best Costume Design (Migliore Costumista) - Piero Tosi (won)

    • Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Nastro d'Argento)

  • Silver Ribbon for Best Costume Design - Piero Tosi (won)

    • Gramado Film Festival

  • Golden Kikito Award for Best Latin Film (Melhor Filme) - Franco Zeffirelli (nomination)

    • References

    Sparrow (1993 film) Wikipedia
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    Sparrow (1993 film) IMDb Sparrow (1993 film) themoviedb.org