No more majorettes in Villalba
Director giuliano ricci
Countries Italy
Duration 43 min
Synopsis
Villalba is a small village in the center of Sicily that is a typical reality of the Sicilian hinterland. It is characterised by physical and economical isolation abandoned structures and where people live only on an old age pension. It's a village that is going to disappear because of the large migration to Albenga, a city in Liguria that is home to a large Villalba community. Once it was a special place because of its position being Calogero Vizzini's kingdom. He was the boss of the old feudal mafia that had now changed and moved from the centre to the coast. This film tells, through the inhabitants' words, the story of the village and the current situation and the status of women and life in the main square. Through the nature of the sicilian people, we discover in this remote location it holds all the problems and peculiarities of the whole nation of Italy.
Villalba is a small village in the center of Sicily that is a typical reality of the Sicilian hinterland. It is characterised by physical and economical isolation abandoned structures and where people live only on an old age pension. It's a village that is going to disappear because of the large migration to Albenga, a city in Liguria that is home to a large Villalba community. Once it was a special place because of its position being Calogero Vizzini's kingdom. He was the boss of the old feudal mafia that had now changed and moved from the centre to the coast. This film tells, through the inhabitants' words, the story of the village and the current situation and the status of women and life in the main square. Through the nature of the sicilian people, we discover in this remote location it holds all the problems and peculiarities of the whole nation of Italy.