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Cinema Paradiso), as well as the literary influences of Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante.

marks the directorial debut of co-writer Licata and is based on Catena Fiorello’s first novel Picciridda. Fiorello adapted it for the screen with Licata. The film premiered to much acclaim at the Taormina Film Festival in 2019, and went on to win many awards, such as the Globi d’Oro, and six nominations at the Nastro d’Argento Awards.

It was a very difficult path, as it often happens with first-time directors. You have to find the right producer, who believes in you, the distributor, put together a good enough budget. It’s a battle. I read Catena Fiorello’s novel, a best-seller in Italy, and asked her right away to make a film from it. Through Italian screenwriter and producer Ugo Chiti, I found Alba Produzioni and Panoramic Films. We worked for three years on this project. A long gestation, but we finally made it. The film’s successful debut at Taormina was Biography of isaac.