The Sea Purple (2009)

Angela lives in Sicily in the 19th century and has trouble fitting into the cast of a woman very early on. When Angela discovers a growing attraction to her childhood best friend, Sara, she cannot help but act on it. Her love is returned but the two get caught by Angela’s father whose only solution is to lock Angela in a basement until he can figure out what to do with her.[eurout.org]

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Original Title: Viola di mare
Director: Donatella Maiorca
Writers: Giacomo Pilati (novel), Donatella Maiorca (screenplay)
Stars: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Ester Cucinotti and Ennio Fantastichini
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 16, 2009

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Shelter Me (2007)

The story's protagonists are three people: Anna, a wealthy middle-class 35-year old woman who owns a factory in the northeast of Italy; she has a lesbian love affair with 25-year-old Mara, who works in the factory; then there's Anis, a young man from Maghreb who suddenly storms into their lives.

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Director: Marco S. PuccioniWriters: Marco S. Puccioni, Monica Rametta
Staring: Maria de Medeiros, Antonia Liskova and Mounir Ouadi

Original Title: Riparo
Country: Italy | France
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 11, 2008

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