The Macaluso Sisters
Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia, Antonella. The childhood, adulthood and old age of five sisters born and raised in an apartment on the top floor of a small block in the suburbs of Palermo, where they live alone, without their parents.
A home that bears the marks of the time that passes, as do those who have grown up in it and still live there. The story of five women, of a family, of who goes, who remains and who resists.
The sisters are based on the characters from Emma Dante’s award-winning play of the same title.
Emma Dante (1967) is an Italian playwright, theatre director, and stage actress. After graduating with an acting degree from the National Academy of the Dramatic Arts Silvio D’Amico in Rome, Dante worked in Turin, where the young actor first experienced avant-garde theatre as a spectator and later took part in several formative productions. In 2014 she wrote, directed, and starred in the film “A Street in Palermo” which competed at the Venice International Film Festival and earned the Coppa Volpi for best actress (Elena Cotta). She later directed numerous operas. In 2020 she co-wrote and directed “The Macaluso Sisters”, based on her acclaimed play. In 2023 her third feature film, “Misericordia”, premieres at the Rome Film Festival and is competing at PÖFF.
Filmography:
Via Castellana Bandiera (Palermo tänav, PÖFF 2013), Le sorelle Macaluso (Macaluso õed, PÖFF 2020), Misericordia (2023)
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