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Alone With Her Dreams

Alone With Her Dreams

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 8, 2019

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

User Score

78%

Original Title

Picciridda - Con i piedi nella sabbia

Production Companies

Panoramic Film, Alba Produzioni, Loin Derrière L'Oural

Director

Paolo Licata

Description

Set in the late 1960s, the film explores the issues of immigration, community values and family devotion through the eyes of a young girl, Lucia, who is left behind with her grandmother while her parents emigrate to France to find work. Lucia pains to be with her family as she struggles to learn her role in the tiny, traditional village under the watchful guidance of her stern grandmother.