Doriana La Fauci
Acting
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Known For
Native
According to an ancient legend of the Sicilian tradition, the Natives are a lineage of fascinating women endowed with extraordinary powers, whose spirits manage to separate from their bodies to torment and ruin the lives of the unfortunate victims of the moment. The one who feels persecuted by a Native is Michela, a young doctor who, after returning to her small hometown on the slopes of Etna, witnesses a progressive derailment of her professional and emotional life. Paranoid and suspicious of everyone, Michela needs to identify who her enemy is among the many women around her and face her head on before it's too late.
Biagio
It is the true story of a man called Biagio Conte, a Sicilian who was looking for God and ended up founding a mission to help the homeless and the poorest immigrants of his city. His story starts in the mountains as a shepherd and continues on a long trip to reach Assisi, the home of Saint Francis.
Baaria
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
The Band of Superheroes
Davide is about to realize his lifelong dream: shooting a movie for the cinema. He has the actors, a crew, a production and a distribution. Taking his responsibilities lightly, Davide immediately finds himself having exceeded the pre-established budget and being behind schedule. The production blocks his set and threatens to sue him if he does not deliver the finished feature film within two weeks. Desperate, Davide decides, together with his two best friends, to set up a "band of Superheroes", who stops the thieves and robs them in order to collect the amount of money he needs to finish the film in the shortest possible time.
The House by the Medlar Tree
This film, based on a 19th-century novel by Giovanni Verga, depicts the torrid history of three generations of a Sicilian family. The Malavoglia family, comprising fishermen and women, navigates the challenges of living in a world of shifting fortunes.