In 18th-century Sicily, deaf-mute highborn Marianna Ucrìa is forced to marry at age 13, bearing three children before even turning 16, when she finally gives birth to a boy. Despite everything, she'll find a way to emancipate herself from the oppressive social conventions of the time.
Emmanuelle Laborit | Marianna Ucrìa |
Bernard Giraudeau | Grass |
Laura Morante | Maria |
Philippe Noiret | Duca Signoretto |
Laura Betti | Giuseppa |
Leopoldo Trieste | Pretore Camaleo |
Lorenzo Crespi | Saro |
Roberto Herlitzka | Duca Pietro |
Selvaggia Quattrini | Fila |
Silvana Gasparini | Fiammetta |
Eva Grieco | Marianna as a child |
Carla Calò |