''Sicilia!'' () is a 1998
Italian
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black-and-white film directed by
Danièle Huillet and
Jean-Marie Straub
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. ''Sicilia!'' follows a man returning to visit his native
Sicily
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, after living in
New York City
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for many years. The film is an adaptation of
Elio Vittorini
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's anti-fascist novel ''
Conversations in Sicily
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'', which was first published in 1941.
Portuguese filmmaker
Pedro Costa
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Biography
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's documentary on Straub and Huillet, ''Où gît votre sourire enfoui?'' (alternately translated into English as ''Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?'' or ''Where Lies Your Hidden Smile?''), was filmed while they were editing ''Sicilia!''.
The film was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The sectio