SICILIAN LETTERS / IDDU / СИЦИЛІЙСЬКІ ЛИСТИ

Leonid Nefedovich
Sep 26
2 min read

2024 / 130' / feature / Italy

Sicily, early 2000s. After serving several years in prison for Mafia-related crimes, Catello, a long-serving politician, has lost everything. When the Italian Secret Service “persuades” him to help capture Matteo, the last major Mafia boss still on the run, whom Catello has known since he was a boy, he sees an opportunity to stage a comeback. A shrewd man of a hundred masks, a tireless illusionist who turns truth into falsehood and falsehood into truth, Catello begins a correspondence with the fugitive, as unique as it is improbable, exploiting the younger man’s emotional emptiness. A gamble which, with one of the most wanted criminals in the world, is always going to involve a degree of risk…

Screenings schedule:

September 28, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon Hall

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DIRECTOR - FABIO GRASSADONIA, ANTONIO PIAZZA

Biography

Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, directors and screenwriters, made their debut in 2013 with the film Salvo, which triumphed at Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Grand Prix and the Prix Révélation. The film was distributed in 20 countries and won the Silver Ribbon for Best Cinematography and the Italian Golden Globe for Best Actress. In 2017, Grassadonia and Piazza returned to Cannes with Sicilian Ghost Story, which was selected as the opening film of Critics’ Week. The film, previously awarded the Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Award for its screenplay, won the David di Donatello for Best Non-Original Screenplay as well as Silver Ribbons for Best Cinematography and Best Set Design. The film was screened at the most prestigious international film festivals and distributed worldwide.

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