"Some truths can only be learned shoulder to shoulder (Spalla a Spadda)"
A foreign writer is in Sicily and believes that careful observation is enough to understand Sicilian culture and Sicilians. However, through his stories, he learns that you cannot know or understand Sicily or Sicilians through mere observation. You have to stand beside its people, shoulder to shoulder (Spalla a Spadda), share their struggles and their victories. Only then can you begin to understand
Louis Nabil Djalili
The Writer
Mara Di Maura
Catanese
Lorenzo Cristofaro
Lorenzo
Gianmarco Giuffrida
Man by the Sea:
Orazio Grasso
Pescatore
Lara Marta Russo
Eleanora
Harry Pavlou
Konstantine Calder Smith
Harry Bradley
Perry Como
Marco Casá
Marco
A foreign writer is in Sicily and believes that careful observation is enough to understand Sicilian culture and Sicilians. However, through his stories, he learns that you cannot know or understand Sicily or Sicilians through mere observation. You have to stand beside its people, shoulder to shoulder (Spalla a Spadda), share their struggles and their victories. Only then can you begin to understand
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