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Acla's Descent into Floristella (1992)
Directed by Aurelio Grimaldi
Drama · 1h 26m
Set in Sicily in the 1930's, Aurelio Grimaldi's feature debut chronicles the harsh story of twelve-year-old boy, Aclà, sold into slavery by his destitute parents to work in the underground Floristella sulfur mines. Overworked and underfed, Aclà toils from Monday to Saturday in the steamy, candle-lit labyrinths. Repeatedly beaten and abused by his "owner" and with constant threats of being raped, Aclà plots his escape to the sea...
Cast
F
Francesco Cusimano
Aclà Rizzuto
Tony Sperandeo
Caramazza
Luigi Maria Burruano
Aclà's father
Lucia Sardo
Aclà's mother
Giovanni Alamia
Salvo
Giuseppe Calcagno
Maurizio Rizzuto
Benedetto Raneli
The priest
G
Giuseppe Cusimano
Maurizio Rizzuto
R
Rita Barbanera
Concetta Rizzuto
S
Salvatore Scianna
Calogero Rizzuto
I
Ignazio Donato
Pietro
L
Luciano Venturino
Pino Rizzuto
Crew
- Director
- Aurelio Grimaldi
- Screenplay
- Aurelio Grimaldi
- Editor
- Raimondo Crociani
- Producer
- Camilla Nesbitt, Pietro Valsecchi
Details
- Original title
- La discesa di Aclà a Floristella
- Release date
- 1992-09-10
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Penta Film, Cineuropa '92, Nova Films, Award Films International