Top Cast
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Lucia Sardo
Rosa Balistreri
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Donatella Finocchiaro
Rosa Balistreri
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Vincenzo Ferrera
Emanuele
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Anita Pomario
Rosa Balistreri
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Carmen Consoli
Alice
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Tania Bambaci
Angela
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Emanuele Del Castillo
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Katia Greco
Maria
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Maziar Firouzi
Overview
Set against the backdrop of 20th-century Sicily, the sicilian storyteller chronicles the tumultuous life of Rosa Balistreri, a legendary figure in Sicilian folk music.
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