La siciliana ribelle

A fictionalization of the true story of a Mafia boss' turncoat daughter is a mostly affecting look into the dark inner workings of a crime syndicate and its victims.

Propelled by rage and preternatural inner strength, 17-year-old Rita Atria broke the Mafia's code of silence in 1991, her childhood diaries serving as key evidence leading to numerous convictions. "The Sicilian Girl," a straightforward fictionalization of her story, adopts conventions of the mob genre, from the inky chiaroscuro shadows to the operatic intensity of melodrama. Less nuanced and more accessible than the recent "Gomorrah," the film is alternately clumsy and poetic. If not entirely satisfying, it stays with you nonetheless, capturing the oppressiveness of the criminal brotherhood and the cost of an extraordinary young woman's courage. [...]

di Sheri Linden, articolo completo (2395 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 10 settembre 2010