But the kid understands Granny’s other nickname without explanation - “The General.” It’s a label of “respect,” she tells her granddaughter. Lucia will learn this through her stern, scowling grandmother, called “Donna Maria” (Lucia Sardo) by her neighbors. The debut feature of Paolo Licata is an adaptation of the novel “Picciridda – Con i piedi nella sabbia” by Catena Fiorello, a coming-of-age tale with some bite, a picturesque period piece that finds the ugliness whitewashed over in any small town and not just an Italian fishing village.
Mom may promise to be home by Christmas, that she’ll call and write, but Lucia knows she’ll be on her own, “Alone With Her Dreams.” She must stay here, in her quaint, aging-and-dying village, a place younger people leave because there’s no work. Tweenage Lucia ( Marta Castiglia) insists, “I’m all grown UP now! I can work, too!”īut no, she’s not old enough to work and she’d be another mouth to feed. Mother and father area leaving, and taking her kid brother with them. Mamma is crying, but little Lucia is inconsolable. We meet them all at a tearful Italian dockside farewell.Ī family is disembarking for France, looking for better opportunities than their tiny coastal village can provide them.
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