The Sea Purple

The Sea Purple

(Viola di mare)
Donatella Maiorca / I, 2009
Italian version ú Czech and English subtitles, 105 min

The 19th century Sicilian village on the coastline comprises visually stunning scenery, as well as an inauspicious setting for the fateful relationship of two women, which grew from a childhood friendship into being the love of their lives. The boyish, provoking, fearless Angela and the delicate, as if from a classical painting, beautiful Sara would make the perfect couple - but not in the closed, conservative community of the Mediterranean island, ruled by the patriarchal family and the Catholic church. A drama based on a true story of an impossible romance, told in perfectly romantic and atmospheric images.