Italy’s official submission for the 2012 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film category, Terraferma from writer-director Emanuele Crialese dramatizes the tale of a Sicilian family confronting the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island. The film earned several key nominations and prizes (Best Film, a Special Jury Prize and the Pasinetti Award for Best Film at the 2011 Venice Film Festival). Opens Sept. 13 at Mariemont Theatre. (R) Not screened in time for review
This article appears in Sep 11-17, 2013.