Marianna Ucrìa
Marianna Ucrìa

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Marianna Ucrìa

1997
Movie
108 min
Italian

In 18th-century Sicily, deaf-mute highborn Marianna Ucrìa is forced to marry at age 13, bearing three children before even turning 16, when she finally gives birth to a boy. Despite everything, she'll find a way to emancipate herself from the oppressive social conventions of the time.