Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's rich, distinctive period drama about a family curse was filmed in, and based on a legend from, their native Tuscany in Italy.
Raised and living in Paris, Luigi Benedetti (Lino Capolicchio), his French wife (Constanze Engelbrecht), and their two children are on an auto trip to visit Luigi's reclusive, possibly mad father Massimo (Renato Carpentieri) in Tuscany. At their hotel, the children overhear chambermaids referring
to them as the "Maledettis," the "cursed." In response to the children's questioning, Luigi recounts the local legend that gave them their family nickname. As he does, the children gaze out the car window, and the ta...
Released:
1993
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
118 mins