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Wikipedia article
'Il giorno di San Sebastiano' (Saint Sebastian Day) is an Italian film written and directed by Pasquale Scimeca.[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/505985 Il giorno di San Sebastiano] , British Film Institute database (access date October 30, 2010) The film is based on true historical events, the Caltavuturo massacre that took place on January 20, 1893, in Caltavuturo in the Province of Palermo (Sicily), during the celebration of Saint Sebastian. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314111511/http://www.cittanuove-corleone.it/La%20Sicilia%2C%20La%20strage%20di%20Caltavuturo%2008.02.2009.pdf Leccidio di San Sebastiano], La Sicilia, February 8, 2009
On that day some 500 peasants returning from the symbolic occupation of 250 hectares of communal land were dispersed by soldiers and policemen, killing 13 and wounding 21 peasants. The claim for land reform was one of the demands of the Fasci Siciliani (Sicilian Leagues), a popular movement of democratic and socialist inspiration in 18911894.Guglielmo, '[https://books.google.com/books?id=WYseTzrz_ukC&pg=PA35 Living the revolution]', p. 35 The film was released 100 years after the event. It is based on a play by Rosario Garibaldi Bosco, one of the leaders of the Fasci Siciliani. The play, a monologue depicting a peasant woman whose husband was killed in the events at Caltavuturo, was first performed on February 2, 1893, in Palermo to raise money for the victims. [http://palermo.repubblica.it/dettaglio/il-drammaturgo-della-rivoluzione/1424954/2 Il drammaturgo della rivoluzione], La Repubblica (Palermo edition), February 19, 2008
The film won a Globo d'oro for Best First Feature (1994) in Italy and was presented at the Venice film festival in the section Showcase of Italian cinema.[http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/scimeca.htm Biography of Pasquale Scimeca] , Rai Internazionale (access date August 10, 2010)
See also
* List of Italian films of 1993
References
*Guglielmo, Jennifer (2010). '[https://books.google.com/books?id=WYseTzrz_ukC&pg=PA35 Living the revolution: Italian women's resistance and radicalism in New York City, 1880-1945]', University of North Carolina Press,
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