Baaria
In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family.Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed.Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.
- Director
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Worldwide
- $16M
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Cast
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In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.
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Box Office & Release
Baaria returned 0.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $16M
- Release date
- Sep 25, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- France, Italy
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