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Sea Purple (The)
- Director: Donatella Maiorca
- Writer: Giacomo Pilati; Donatella Maiorca
- Producer: Maria Grazia Cucinotta; Giovanna Emidi
CGiii Comment
This is what happens when the technical department just aren't good enough...spearheaded and let down by a director who compromised too much!
The camera is constantly moving, exacerbated by a bewildering amount of incompetent edits...totally and infuriatingly intrusive.
All the interior scenes are under-lit, the music is inappropriate and the script is pedestrian...yes, we know, all men are bastards....especially in a lesbian drama. Facile.
And...a haircut, bound breasts and a pair of trousers does not make for a convincing man! Ridiculous.
Forbidden lesbian love on a remote island in the 19th century deserves an injection of intelligence rather than this dumbfounding and infantile approach.
An unmitigated, time-wasting, disaster.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in a 19th century Italian village.
Cast & Characters
Valeria Solarino as Angela / Angelo;
Isabella Ragonese as Sara;
Ennio Fantastichini as Salvatore;
Giselda Volodi as Lucia;
Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Agnese;
Marco Foschi as Tommaso;
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere as Baronessa;
Corrado Fortuna as Ventura;
Alessio Vassallo as Nicolino;
Ester Cucinotti as Concetta