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TitleMarianna Ucria (1997)
Alternative/Original TitleLa Vie Silencieuse De Marianna Ucria
DisabilityDeaf
CountryItaly/France
Length108
GenreHistorical
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DirectorRoberto Faenza
CastEmmanuelle Laborit Roberto Herlitzka Leopoldo Trieste
NotesSet in the early 1700s a woman from an aristocratic Italian family is deaf and speaking impaired. At 13 she is forced into marriage with a much older uncle. Her first child is a girl so her husband continues to violate her until she has a son and heir. From the novel by Dacia Maraini

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