US Premiere! HOUSE BY THE MEDLAR TREE (MALAVOGLIA) November 13, 2010

US Premiere! HOUSE BY THE MEDLAR TREE (MALAVOGLIA), 2010, Rai Trade, 94 min. Dir. Pasquale Scimeca. Based on the novel by Giovanni Verga, which also provided the source material for Luchino Visconti’s brilliant LA TERRA TREMA. Director Pasquale Scimeca returns to his Sicilian birthplace and elegantly tells the story of a fisherman and his family pitted against the cruel vagaries of the ocean from which they eke out a living. Magnificently lensed, the film captures the shifting moods of the stunning seascapes and the interior chiaroscuro of the family’s home. Official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival 2010. [35 mm]