Nov. 6 through 15 (any time)
Link TBA – Access to the screening will be provided through the Accademia del Cinema Italiano Premi David di Donatello platform

Adapted from her prize-winning stage play of the same name, which premiered in the U.S. as part of Peaks Performances at Montclair State University, Emma Dante’s moving, decades-traversing drama THE MACALUSO SISTERS (2020) follows a family of five orphaned sisters living on the top floor of a distressed building in Palermo, who rent pastel-painted doves to weddings and birthdays to earn a living. When a sudden catastrophic seaside event alters the family dynamic, they are left grappling with the outcome. The delicate balance of sisterhood is tested in this accomplished, generation-spanning three-act sophomore feature. THE MACALUSO SISTERS premiered in competition at the 2020 Venice International Film Festival where it won the Pasinetti Awards (given by the National Union of Italian Journalists) for Best Film and Best Actress (awarded to the ensemble cast playing the sisters).