Il giorno di San Sebastiano

Il giorno di San Sebastiano
Directed by Pasquale Scimeca
Produced by Gherardo Pagliei & Elisabetta Riga
Written by Pasquale Scimeca
Starring Silvana Prinzivalli, Franco Scaldati and Vincenzo Albanese
Music by Franco Battiato
Cinematography Giuseppe Schifani
Distributed by Arbash & Gam Films
Release dates
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
 77 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Il giorno di San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian Day) is an Italian film written and directed by Pasquale Scimeca.[1] The film is based on true historical events, the Caltavuturo massacre that took place on January 20, 1893, in Caltavuturo in the Province of Palermo (Sicily), during the celebration of Saint Sebastian.[2]

On that day some 500 peasants returning from the symbolic occupation of 250 hectares of communal land were dispersed by soldiers and policemen, killing 13 and wounding 21 peasants. The claim for land reform was one of the demands of the Fasci Siciliani (Sicilian Leagues), a popular movement of democratic and socialist inspiration in 1891-1894.[2][3] The film was released 100 years after the event. It is based on a play by Rosario Garibaldi Bosco, one of the leaders of the Fasci Siciliani. The play, a monologue depicting a peasant woman whose husband was killed in the events at Caltavuturo, was first performed on February 2, 1893, in Palermo to raise money for the victims.[4]

The film won a Globo d'oro for Best First Feature (1994) in Italy and was presented at the Venice film festival in the section Showcase of Italian cinema.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Il giorno di San Sebastiano, British Film Institute database (access date October 30, 2010)
  2. 1 2 (Italian) L’eccidio di «San Sebastiano», La Sicilia, February 8, 2009
  3. ↑ Guglielmo, Living the revolution, p. 35
  4. ↑ (Italian) Il drammaturgo della rivoluzione, La Repubblica (Palermo edition), February 19, 2008
  5. ↑ Biography of Pasquale Scimeca, Rai Internazionale (access date August 10, 2010)

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