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Sicilian Ghost Story
Sicilian Ghost Story

Sicilian Ghost Story

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MysteryDramaFantasy

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In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his classmate who loves him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. She rebels against the silence and complicity that surround her, and to find him she descends into the dark world which has swallowed him up and which has a lake as its mysterious entrance.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

6.613/10

Release Date

18 November 2017

Country

France

Cast

Julia Jedlikowska

Julia Jedlikowska

Luna

Gaetano Fernandez

Gaetano Fernandez

Giuseppe

Corinne Musallari

Corinne Musallari

Loredana

Andrea Falzone

Andrea Falzone

Nino

Federico Finocchiaro

Federico Finocchiaro

Calogero

Lorenzo Curcio

Lorenzo Curcio

Mariano

Vincenzo Amato

Vincenzo Amato

Padre di Luna

Sabine Timoteo

Sabine Timoteo

Madre di Luna

Filippo Luna

Filippo Luna

U'Nanu

Baldassare Tre Re

Baldassare Tre Re

Venatura

Rosario Terranova

Rosario Terranova

Scannacristiani

Gabriele Falsetta

Gabriele Falsetta

Giufà

Vincenzo Crivello

Vincenzo Crivello

Il Tedesco

Dino Santoro

Dino Santoro

Chiodo

Antonio Prester

Antonio Prester

Nonno di Giuseppe

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