L'amore di Màrja

L'amore di Màrja

102 mins | Drama | March 26, 2004

In the '70s, young Màrja leads a hippie lifestyle in Finland. During a peace march, she meets Fortunato, a young Sicilian, and falls in love with him. They marry and start a family, happily raising two daughters. However, times become hard and Fortunato suggests they move to his old town, where he can find work easily. Màrja accepts, but she'll have to clash with a close-minded and malicious environment as a foreigner in Southern Italy.

L'amore di Màrja

102 mins | Drama | March 26, 2004

L'amore di Màrja
In the '70s, young Màrja leads a hippie lifestyle in Finland. During a peace march, she meets Fortunato, a young Sicilian, and falls in love with him. They marry and start a family, happily raising two daughters. However, times become hard and Fortunato suggests they move to his old town, where he can find work easily. Màrja accepts, but she'll have to clash with a close-minded and malicious environment as a foreigner in Southern Italy.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Francesco Torelli Productions
Original title L'amore di Màrja
Directors Alessandro Cassigoli, Beatrice Banfi, Anne Riitta Ciccone
Writers Anne Riitta Ciccone

Cast

Laura Malmivaara

as Màrja

Vincenzo Peluso

as Fortunato

Tiziana Lodato

as Aunt Sonia

Erika Lepistö

as Alice as a child

Annika Lepistö

as Sonia as a child

Marja-Leena Kouki

as Finnish grandma

David Coco

as Alessio

Maurizio Marchetti

as Sicilian grandpa

Nino Frassica

as Man at the bar

Lucia Sardo

as Sicilian grandma